Currency format question

[John Ralls]

On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:30 AM, Axel Essbaum <axel at essbaum.com> wrote:

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> On 31 Jul, 2014, at 16:27, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:23 AM, Axel Essbaum <axel at essbaum.com> wrote:
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>>> On 31 Jul, 2014, at 16:20, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
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>>>> What other locale settings are you using? Is the currency set in the locale or have you overridden it in Preferences?
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>>> In both GnuCash Preferences I have checked the "Choose" option for Default Currency.  In both cases I have chosen "CHF (Swiss Franc)".
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>>> What other locale settings are you referring to?  Where would I find them?
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>> In System Preferences > Languages & Text, on the Formats tab.
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> There's no Formats tab; do you mean this?
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> <Prefs.png>

Sorry, wrong version. Yes, that's what I mean.

So 2.4.11 is honoring your customized currency format and 2.6.3 isn't. That's what I needed to know.

Regards,
John Ralls