Currency format question

Axel Essbaum axel at essbaum.com
Thu Jul 31 10:23:52 EDT 2014


On 31 Jul, 2014, at 16:20, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> 
> On Jul 31, 2014, at 4:04 AM, Axel Essbaum <axel at essbaum.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> I am running GnuCash on a Mac under OSX 10.8.5.
>> 
>> I am running two versions concurrently - 2.4.11 and 2.6.3.  In both I have my currency set to "CHF (Swiss Franc)".
>> 
>> In 2.4.11 an amount is displayed as CHF 23,473.45 in the Totals column in the Accounts window.
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>> In 2.6.3 the same amount is displayed as Sfr. 23.473,45 (note the transposition of . and ,)
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>> How can I change the format in 2.6.3 to match that of 2.4.11?  I can live with the SFr. but the . , swap is very confusing.
>> 
> 
> What other locale settings are you using? Is the currency set in the locale or have you overridden it in Preferences?
> 

In both GnuCash Preferences I have checked the "Choose" option for Default Currency.  In both cases I have chosen "CHF (Swiss Franc)".

What other locale settings are you referring to?  Where would I find them?

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Axel Essbaum
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