Is it possible to use a different numeric format than current locale on windows?

[Michael Leone]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Quoting Michael Leone <turgon at mike-leone.com>:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Pavol Mravec <palo at ksp.sk> writes:
>>>
>>>> I am using gnucash on German Windows but I want to use it in English
>>>> locale.
>>>> I added 'set LC_ALL=en_US' to the gnucash.cmd file. That changed the
>>>> language of the GUI but the numeric format used is still German. I want
>>>> to
>>>> use the point as decimal separator instead of comma. Is it possible? I
>>>> am
>>>> using gnucash version  2.2.9 on German Windows XP.
>>>
>>> Try:
>>>
>>>  set LANG=en_US
>>
>> Try: CONTROL PANEL, REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE OPTIONS.
>
> Umm, except this changes the whole Windows interface to English, which
> I don't think is what the OP wanted.  I think they just wanted to run
> GnuCash in English but keep the rest of Windows in German.

I thought they "want to use the point as decimal separator instead of comma."

There is a a "Customize" button on the Regional settings; one of the
options there is to change the decimal symbol, digit grouping, etc.
This customization can be different from the defaults associated with
the language setting, AFAIK. So they can leave the "Standards and
Formats" as "German", but then customize the numbers/currency setting
as they want. Or vice versa. That should leave the language of the UI
as German, but change the rest (I think).

Isn't that what the OP wants to do?