From: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org table: numeric locale
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2021 14:08:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kaz46v3.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: sgd2ip$13ht$1@ciao.gmane.io
Maxim Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:
> On 28/08/2021 14:07, Jarmo Hurri wrote:
>> I wonder if it is possible to get org table formulas to respect
>> numeric locale.
>
> Even to add some functions to Emacs that respect numeric locales, it
> is necessary to use e.g. dynamic modules
>> Emacs documentation says that Emacs uses the value of LC_NUMERIC:
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/General-Variables.html
>
> It is a confusing statement, see:
> - https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=29645
> #29645 Feature Request: Locale aware formatting
> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:05:02 UTC
> - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-06/msg00327.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-06/msg00139.html
>
> The state of numeric locales in Emacs is a little worse than just
> unsupported. Mostly "C" is forced for LC_NUMERIC, so e.g. grouping is
> not used.
I see. I am surprised by the disparity between documentation and
reality, given the quality I have learned to associate with emacs.
Thank you very much,
Jarmo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-05 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-28 7:07 Org table: numeric locale Jarmo Hurri
2021-08-28 10:19 ` Maxim Nikulin
2021-09-05 11:08 ` Jarmo Hurri [this message]
2021-09-07 14:47 ` Max Nikulin
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