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

Pavol Mravec palo at ksp.sk
Thu Sep 10 14:00:34 EDT 2009


Yes, I changed only the numeric format setting (decimal separator,
etc.) and left the rest as is. It worked as expected: it changed the
settings for all applications.

Pavol Mravec

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Michael Leone <turgon at mike-leone.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
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