[GNC] Decimal separator on Gnucash 3.2 Mac

[Yves Forget]

   Hi John,
   Running from the terminal I still get period.  In the terminal I got
   the following trace.
   (process:1976): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 18:35:55.003: [mac_set_languages()]
   Language list: en:fr_CA:en_CA:C
   I just downloaded the sources from GitHub, and looked
   at [mac_set_languages()].  Foundation offers global variables
   NsLocaleDecimalSeparator, NSLocaleGroupingSeparator and
   NSLocaleCurrencySymbol, among others.  These variables would bring
   directly the values mac_set_languages() is trying to get.  Furthermore,
   if a user changes the decimal separator in the Advanced panel of the
   Language and Region system preferences, gnu cash would get the expected
   separator instead of the locale’s default separator.  Is it something
   that could be changed without breaking a lot of things in the app ?
   Please don’t hesitate to tell me if I’m completely wrong…
   Thanks,
   Yves

   Le 2 juill. 2018 à 18:43, John Ralls <[1]jralls at ceridwen.us> a écrit :

   I tested this a bit in the debugger and I with French as the primary
   language and Canada as the country [currentlocale objectForKey:
   NSLocaleLanguageCode] insists that the code in en, not French. If I
   tell System Prefs I'm in France it gets the right answer, so it might
   be an Apple bug.
   Unfortunately setting LANG in the environment, though it will set the
   interface language, doesn't seem to change the number display, so there
   doesn't seem to be a way to force it at present.
   Regards,
   John Ralls

     On Jul 2, 2018, at 2:59 PM, John Ralls <[2]jralls at ceridwen.us>
     wrote:
     If you run GnuCash from a Terminal prompt do you get the right
     separator?
     Regards,
     John Ralls

     On Jul 2, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Yves Forget via gnucash-user
     <[3]gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
     System Preferences/Language and Region says Region = Canada and
     language = french.  Advanced shows decimal separator is comma and
     thousands separator is space.  (These are default values for French
     Canada).
     Environment variable LANG=fr_CA.UTF_8
     OpenOffice correctly uses comma as decimal separator.
     Is Gnucash supposed to use the parameters from the locale ?  Is
     there a way to force it ?
     Thanks,
     Yves Forget
      Le lundi 2 juillet 2018 15h48, R. Victor Klassen
     <[4]rvklassen at gmail.com> a écrit :
     Maybe in Quebec it is a comma.  In the rest of the country it is a
     period.
     There should be a different locale for fr-canada than for en-canada.
      I don’t know what else would differ across locales though.

     On Jul 2, 2018, at 3:42 PM, Yves Forget via gnucash-user
     <[5]gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
     I’m new to GnuCash and just installed GnuCash 3.2 on Mac. OS X 10.13
     Gnucash uses the period as decimal separator instead of my locale’s
     separator.  Here in Canada it should be comma.
     Should Gnucash use the decimal separator of my locale, or is it
     always
     period ?  Is there a way to configure it within GnuCash ?
     Thanks,
     Yves Forget
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