[GNC] ISO 31-0 number writing

2019-09-10 Thread Henri de Solages via gnucash-user
Hello. I suggest an option for the acceptance by GnuCash of the international notation of numbers, as defined by ISO 31-0 standard and the 22nd General Conference on Weights and Measures, which declared in 2003 that "the symbol for the decimal marker shall be either the point on the line or the

Re: [GNC] ISO 31-0 number writing

2019-09-09 Thread John Ralls
It should, provided that the Unix locale settings provided by the OS are correct. For example Apple has a long-standing error in their Swiss currency file that provides '.' and ',' for the thousands separator and decimal point respectively (the Swiss use ' ' and '.'). The ICU-based locale data a

Re: [GNC] ISO 31-0 number writing

2019-09-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, I would second that notion against making it default. I see this as an issue of locale though, and it is only for display. (the grouping space, like the grouping comma is not part of the data, or should not be.) Also, Fiable notes the desire to copy/paste or import, so typing the thin/n

Re: [GNC] ISO 31-0 number writing

2019-09-09 Thread David Carlson
First, ISO 31-0 was withdrawn on 17 November 2009. It is superseded by ISO 8-1 . Other parts of ISO 31 have also been withdrawn and replaced by parts of ISO 8 . That standard suggests that large numbers

[GNC] ISO 31-0 number writing

2019-09-09 Thread Fiable.biz via gnucash-user
Hello. I suggest an option for the acceptance by GnuCash of the international notation of numbers, as defined by ISO 31-0 standard and the 22nd General Conference on Weights and Measures, which declared in 2003 that "the symbol for the decimal marker shall be either the point on the line or the