[GNC] Cut and paste does nothing if number formats don't match

[Paul Kroitor]

Hello all,

Afaik lots of locales use spaces to separate thousands, including common 
ones like French. See 
https://randombits.dev/articles/number-localization/locale-list.

Apparently there are several different Unicode spaces (no-break space, 
narrow no-break space, etc) which are specifically used depending on the 
locale.

Paul


On 2025-08-09 9:27 a.m., David Carlson wrote:
> Graham,
>
> There are certain data fields that that have somewhat quirky behavior, but
> the only one that has bothered me are the value fields in the transaction
> register where, for me, if I inadvertently insert or omit an intended plus
> or minus sign or if commas or periods do not comply with the definitions in
> my locale, then I get a surprise, usually a very different value than the
> value that I intended to insert.  This actually seems to be about the same
> as what you describe, except that I usually find an easier recovery than
> the methods you use.  As far as I know, at least up through release 5.11 of
> GnuCash there has not been any change to that behavior.  In your first
> sentence you use the word locale with an example that doesn't seem to be
> the difference that I might expect, eg swapping the comma and period in
> numbers depending on which country GnuCash thinks I am in.  For me, a space
> is always a separator between two different numbers.  I wonder if that is
> the source of your confusion.
>
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM Graham Leggett via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have various statements with locales all over the show, for example
>> "1,234.99". Gnucash wants the figures to look like "1 234.99".
>>
>> In the past this hasn't been a problem (other than the annoyance), as I
>> could correct the format in the register after a cut and paste, however now
>> cut and paste no longer works - specifically the paste is ignored.
>>
>> What does work, which is more annoying, is to cut and paste to an
>> intermediate location like a text editor, edit "1,234.99" to "1 234.99",
>> and cut and paste a second time. Now the paste works.
>>
>> Is there a way to switch this behaviour off?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Graham
>> --
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gnucash-user mailing list
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>> -----
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>
>