Frederic Crozat wrote:
> I would like to keep this new (but correct) behaviour but unfortunately, a
> lot of people will see it as "broken", because :
> <newbie_mode>under GNOME,I typed '.' key and I got ',' on the screen.
> Under KDE, xterm, whatever, I don't have this problem.. GNOME is
> bugged<newbie_mode>
>
> Just look at the bug report.. I think I'll completely back out the
> behaviour or I'll disable it for some locales (but I'm afraid to forget
> some..)

Yes, I agree with that from a pragmatic view. Perhaps you should consider a
patch in the code to override all locales? Of course, people who install
GNOME from Red Carpet or other sources may then see the behavior come back
and wonder why.

This might be something, long-term, to consider as a switch in the registry
thing (can't remember its name). Or is it too low-level for the XML registry
to have an effect? Because if it were implemented as a switch, MDK could
turn off localized decmals by default and still have it be consistent across
installs (from MDK or from other sources). Plus, users could turn it back on
again. I'd never have noticed, because I use MDK on a portable... :)

> > Besides, it'd be ironic for a French-driven disto to chnage the correct
> > behavior in the French locale only. ;)
>
> I would prefer to patch French maths to use '.' instead of ',' :))

So would I, but I'm biased. I wonder if it was a Napoleon thing, with the
Ecole des mines or something.


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