1:30 p.m.
Hi,
with a snapshot from March 11th, it seems that when (running in German
which natively would have a decimal comma) I switch off the comma in the
settings, it works, but when I try to switch it back _on_, then the
decimal point stays. Only a gretl restart corrects the issue. (Actually
I seem to remember that a restart was always required in the past, but
I'm not getting that alert message here.)
I'm talking about small scripts in the script editor which print out
decimal numbers.
thanks
sven
7:25 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 9:32 AM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
with a snapshot from March 11th, it seems that when (running in German
which natively would have a decimal comma) I switch off the comma in the
settings, it works, but when I try to switch it back _on_, then the
decimal point stays. Only a gretl restart corrects the issue. (Actually
I seem to remember that a restart was always required in the past, but
I'm not getting that alert message here.)
I'm talking about small scripts in the script editor which print out
decimal numbers.
Hmm, I can't replicate that. I run gretl with LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, select
the option of using the locale decimal character, and enter two lines
of code in the script editor:
x = 13.7
eval x
* I run the script and see "13,7" on output.
* I turn off the locale decimal character, run the script again, and see
"13.7".
* I turn the locale decimal character back on, run the script again,
and see "13,7".
In each case I'm using the Preferences dialog to toggle the locale
decimal option. The script editor stays open. In the script output
window I have the option to replace the previous output selected. This
is on Linux (of course) but I can't see why the result would differ by
platform.
Allin
10:05 p.m.
Am 20.03.2023 um 20:25 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
Hmm, I can't replicate that. I run gretl with LANG=de_DE.UTF-8,
select
the option of using the locale decimal character, and enter two lines
of code in the script editor:
x = 13.7
eval x
* I run the script and see "13,7" on output.
* I turn off the locale decimal character, run the script again, and see
"13.7".
* I turn the locale decimal character back on, run the script again,
and see "13,7".
I can replicate your behavior when I set the language explicitly to
German (and restarting gretl). But I see the problem previously
described when my setting is "auto" (on a German Windows installation,
or rather: Windows set to German).
thanks
sven
2:27 p.m.
Am 20.03.2023 um 23:05 schrieb Sven Schreiber:
Am 20.03.2023 um 20:25 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
> Hmm, I can't replicate that. I run gretl with LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, select
> the option of using the locale decimal character, and enter two lines
> of code in the script editor:
>
> x = 13.7
> eval x
>
> * I run the script and see "13,7" on output.
>
> * I turn off the locale decimal character, run the script again, and see
"13.7".
>
> * I turn the locale decimal character back on, run the script again,
> and see "13,7".
I can replicate your behavior when I set the language explicitly to
German (and restarting gretl). But I see the problem previously
described when my setting is "auto" (on a German Windows installation,
or rather: Windows set to German).
So is this a confirmed but now, or has it even been fixed already?
thanks
sven
6:06 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:27 AM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Am 20.03.2023 um 23:05 schrieb Sven Schreiber:
> Am 20.03.2023 um 20:25 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
>> Hmm, I can't replicate that. I run gretl with LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, select
>> the option of using the locale decimal character, and enter two lines
>> of code in the script editor:
>>
>> x = 13.7
>> eval x
>>
>> * I run the script and see "13,7" on output.
>>
>> * I turn off the locale decimal character, run the script again, and see
"13.7".
>>
>> * I turn the locale decimal character back on, run the script again,
>> and see "13,7".
>
> I can replicate your behavior when I set the language explicitly to
> German (and restarting gretl). But I see the problem previously
> described when my setting is "auto" (on a German Windows installation,
> or rather: Windows set to German).
>
So is this a confirmed but now, or has it even been fixed already?
I can't confirm this myself, but I can take your word for it. Also,
after some investigation it seems plausible that we might not revert
to the locale decimal separator if the language setting in gretl is
"Automatic" and there's no LANG in the environment on Windows.
This would help: If you run gretl.exe --debug on German Windows with
language "Automatic", what string do you see for "Windows locale"?
Allin
6:54 p.m.
Am 30.03.2023 um 20:06 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:27 AM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Am 20.03.2023 um 23:05 schrieb Sven Schreiber:
>> Am 20.03.2023 um 20:25 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
>>
>> I can replicate your behavior when I set the language explicitly to
>> German (and restarting gretl). But I see the problem previously
>> described when my setting is "auto" (on a German Windows installation,
>> or rather: Windows set to German).
>>
> So is this a confirmed but now, or has it even been fixed already?
I can't confirm this myself, but I can take your word for it. Also,
after some investigation it seems plausible that we might not revert
to the locale decimal separator if the language setting in gretl is
"Automatic" and there's no LANG in the environment on Windows.
This would help: If you run gretl.exe --debug on German Windows with
language "Automatic", what string do you see for "Windows locale"?
German_Germany.1252
cheers
sven
7:11 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 2:54 PM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Am 30.03.2023 um 20:06 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:27 AM Sven Schreiber
> <sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> Am 20.03.2023 um 23:05 schrieb Sven Schreiber:
>>> Am 20.03.2023 um 20:25 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
>>>
>>> I can replicate your behavior when I set the language explicitly to
>>> German (and restarting gretl). But I see the problem previously
>>> described when my setting is "auto" (on a German Windows
installation,
>>> or rather: Windows set to German).
>>>
>> So is this a confirmed but now, or has it even been fixed already?
> I can't confirm this myself, but I can take your word for it. Also,
> after some investigation it seems plausible that we might not revert
> to the locale decimal separator if the language setting in gretl is
> "Automatic" and there's no LANG in the environment on Windows.
>
> This would help: If you run gretl.exe --debug on German Windows with
> language "Automatic", what string do you see for "Windows
locale"?
German_Germany.1252
Ah, good. Then there's a fix in git; I'll put up snapshots before long.
Allin
10:42 a.m.
Am 30.03.2023 um 21:11 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 2:54 PM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Am 30.03.2023 um 20:06 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
>> This would help: If you run gretl.exe --debug on German Windows with
>> language "Automatic", what string do you see for "Windows
locale"?
> German_Germany.1252
Ah, good. Then there's a fix in git; I'll put up snapshots before long.
Thanks, Allin, this seems to have done it, I'm not seeing the problem
anymore!
cheers
sven
12:14 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 6:42 AM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Am 30.03.2023 um 21:11 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 2:54 PM Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Am 30.03.2023 um 20:06 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
This would help: If you run gretl.exe --debug on German Windows with
language "Automatic", what string do you see for "Windows locale"?
German_Germany.1252
Ah, good. Then there's a fix in git; I'll put up snapshots before long.
Thanks, Allin, this seems to have done it, I'm not seeing the problem anymore!
Glad to hear it!
Allin
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