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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RFC: locale-sensitive Emacs functions
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 23:06:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lgrq5ccp.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)

Eli and I discussed adding commas to separate digits of a number, a very
common need mentioned here and also addressed in the Emacs Wiki etc.:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/61mhyx/creating_a_function_to_add_commasseparators_to/dfga1h4/

I mentioned that commas are only used in some regions, and the C
libraries often support "%'d" to do this in a locale-sensitive way.

I think it makes sense to provide this specifier in `format' as well,
even though it's locale-sensitive. Eli wasn't sure.

What do you think?

Thanks
Ted




             reply	other threads:[~2017-03-28  3:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-28  3:06 Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2017-03-28  4:10 ` RFC: locale-sensitive Emacs functions Gdobbins
2017-03-28  4:37   ` Paul Eggert
2017-03-28 11:59     ` Gdobbins
2017-03-28 12:45       ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-03-30 18:27         ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-03-31  4:27           ` Gdobbins
2017-03-31 17:59             ` Davis Herring
2017-03-28 19:37       ` Paul Eggert

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