CAD (currency) showing everywhere

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

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Keith Clark <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com> writes:

> Derek,
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> Where/how do I change my locale to Canadian?
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> Keith

Well, what OS/Distro are you using?  Usually you can set it system-wide
in your computer's system configuration.  Or you can set it for GnuCash
specifically in the gnucash run-script.   See the FAQ:

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_want_to_use_GnuCash_in_my_own_language

-derek

> On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 10:41 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> Keith Clark <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com> writes:
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>> > How can I 'turn off' the currency being shown for each and every value?
>> > It is very irritating and interferes with being able to export to a
>> > spreadsheet and do work there.
>> 
>> It's being shown because your locale currency is NOT in CAD, so it's
>> displaying the transaction currency to make sure you're aware that it's
>> different.  If you want the "CAD" to go away, change your locale to
>> en_CA and rerun gnucash.
>> 
>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>> 
>> -derek
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