Re: [Gretl-users] decimal separator bug
On Wednesday 19 September 2007 15:26:36 Allin Cottrell wrote:
Here are three options:
1) Totally scrap the locale separator: all input and output uses
the decimal point, with no option. [With the exception of reading
and writing delimited text data files.]
2) Keep the locale separator as an option for output display, but
always use the decimal point on input. (Change the dialogs that
currently accept ','.)
3) Try for consistent acceptance of ',' in input dialogs. We
_could_ (though I'm not recommending this) modify the "define a
new variable" dialog to interpret ',' as decimal and ';' as
argument separator. We'd then do a simple character substitution
on the input string to turn it into canonical form.
If we were to go for option 2, we could modify the relevant dialog
strings and the manual to clarify the fact that decimal comma is
purely a display option.
I also vote for option 2). The user may always activate option 1) unselecting
the "use locale settings for decimal point" option in the preferences.
(I should warn that in my PC, that uses Kubuntu Linux with UTF-8 encoding, and
gretl in Spanish, the "use locale settings ..." does not work. In
collaboration with Allin I tryied several changes in my gretl configuration
but we could not resolve the problem. So I have this option disabled in my
gretl preferences)
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