Intended behavior of automatic decimal point (bug 120940)

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hi all,

commit fe1d819,
[Bug 120940] "automatic decimal point & calculations fail" closed.

Thanks for your input!

Regards
Frank

Am 30.07.2017 um 09:04 schrieb David T.:
> According to Wikipedia, there is no single format predominant. The green areas in the picture below use commas, while the blue use a period. If the picture doesn’t make it through, Europe, West Africa and South America predominantly use commas, whereas The US, UK, East/Southern Africa, India, China and Australia use the period.
> 
> Your markup and changes are fine, although I think “decimal sign” would be simpler as just “decimal,” leaving “decimal separator” in the second spot.
> 
> Finally, can I assume that this function correctly inserts a comma when the locale recommends it, or is it always a period?
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 30, 2017, at 3:51 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Am 29.07.2017 um 13:13 schrieb David T.:
>>> How about:
>>>
>>> Note: When a calculation is entered in the Amount field, the decimal is added to every operand that omits a decimal.
>>>
>>> David
>>
>> <note>
>>  <para>When a calculation is entered in the
>>    <guilabel>Amount</guilabel> field, the decimal sign is inserted into
>>    <emphasis>every</emphasis> operand that omits a decimal separator.
>>  </para>
>> </note>
>>
>> might be more precise.
>>
>> BTW: are all english speaking regions using the point as decimal separator?
>>
>> Frank