setlocale(LC_ALL, "") in gnucash-1.7 missing

[Derek Atkins]

Check src/scm/main.scm around line 365:

    (gnc:setup-gettext)
    (setlocale LC_ALL "")

So it _IS_ being called...

-derek

Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de> writes:

> In CVS's gnucash, the locale ist not set. This means that for me, gnucash-1.7 
> doesn't recognize my non-C locale, and assumes things like USD as standard 
> currency and US number format. This is a bug and should be fixed.
> 
> What is missing is something like setlocale(LC_ALL, ""). In gnucash-1.6, this 
> happened in function gnc_main in src/guile/gnucash.c. Due to the transition 
> to guile modules, we got rid of that function, but I guess people just forgot 
> about this setlocale call. Where would be the right place to add it again? To 
> see for yourself that it's missing, compare the output of "rgrep -R '*.c' 
> setlocale *" from gnucash-1.6 to CVS-gnucash.
> 
> Christian
> 
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