Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-21 Thread Leonardo Herrera
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:48 PM, David Carlson carlson...@sbcglobal.net wrote: [...] Why have we not heard from anyone 'Down Under' about this issue? I would expect that checks would still be used in places such as Australia and New Zealand. Also, what about South America or Asia? David C

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-04 Thread Martin Mainka
Am 4.11.2013 05:54, schrieb John Ralls: Actually, if the text and number disagree the bank is supposed to reject the check. Anyway, the question isn't what's the right way to write out the amount in words for each language, the question is whether the Wikipedia article cited earlier in the

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-04 Thread Geert Janssens
On Sunday 03 November 2013 20:54:46 John Ralls wrote: On Nov 3, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Buddha Buck blaisepas...@gmail.com wrote: In the US at least it is customary to write out the amount and put it in digits. My checkbook in front of me has a form like: Pay to the order of

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-04 Thread Herbert Thoma
Am 04.11.2013 09:08, schrieb Martin Mainka: Am 4.11.2013 05:54, schrieb John Ralls: Actually, if the text and number disagree the bank is supposed to reject the check. Anyway, the question isn't what's the right way to write out the amount in words for each language, the question is whether the

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-04 Thread John Ralls
On Nov 4, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Thomas Troesch ttroe...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 8:54 PM, John Ralls jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us wrote: Anyway, the question isn't what's the right way to write out the amount in words for each language, the question is whether the

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-04 Thread David Carlson
On 11/4/2013 12:36 PM, John Ralls wrote: On Nov 4, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Thomas Troesch ttroe...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 8:54 PM, John Ralls jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us wrote: Anyway, the question isn't what's the right way to write out the amount in words for each

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-04 Thread John Ralls
On Nov 4, 2013, at 1:48 PM, David Carlson carlson...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Why have we not heard from anyone 'Down Under' about this issue? I would expect that checks would still be used in places such as Australia and New Zealand. Also, what about South America or Asia? Well, the

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-04 Thread Graham Menhennitt
On 05/11/2013 08:58, John Ralls wrote: On Nov 4, 2013, at 1:48 PM, David Carlson carlson...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Why have we not heard from anyone 'Down Under' about this issue? I would expect that checks would still be used in places such as Australia and New Zealand. Also, what about

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-03 Thread John Ralls
On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:32 AM, Geert Janssens janssens-ge...@telenet.be wrote: And that's only three languages that I know. I'm sure many other languages have still different ways to form larger numbers. These oddities in languages can't be covered in only with gettext as far as I know, or

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-03 Thread Geert Janssens
On Sunday 03 November 2013 08:01:38 John Ralls wrote: On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:32 AM, Geert Janssens janssens-ge...@telenet.be wrote: And that's only three languages that I know. I'm sure many other languages have still different ways to form larger numbers. These oddities in languages can't

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-03 Thread John Ralls
On Nov 3, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Geert Janssens janssens-ge...@telenet.be wrote: On Sunday 03 November 2013 08:01:38 John Ralls wrote: On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:32 AM, Geert Janssens janssens-ge...@telenet.be wrote: And that's only three languages that I know. I'm sure many other languages have

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-03 Thread Johannes Kapune
Am 04.11.2013 00:48, schrieb John Ralls: On Nov 3, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Geert Janssens janssens-ge...@telenet.be wrote: On Sunday 03 November 2013 08:01:38 John Ralls wrote: On Nov 3, 2013, at 2:32 AM, Geert Janssens janssens-ge...@telenet.be wrote: And that's only three languages that I

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-03 Thread Buddha Buck
In the US at least it is customary to write out the amount and put it in digits. My checkbook in front of me has a form like: Pay to the order of _ $ __ ___ Dollars I am expected to

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-03 Thread John Ralls
On Nov 3, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Buddha Buck blaisepas...@gmail.com wrote: In the US at least it is customary to write out the amount and put it in digits. My checkbook in front of me has a form like: Pay to the order of _ $ __

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-02 Thread Thomas Troesch
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:40 PM, John Ralls jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.uswrote: On Nov 1, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Thomas Troesch ttroe...@gmail.com wrote: I have been looking at the list of open bugs for check printing. Bug 626001 asks for number to words based on locale. One approach would

Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-01 Thread Thomas Troesch
I have been looking at the list of open bugs for check printing. Bug 626001 asks for number to words based on locale. One approach would be to provide for locale specific plug-ins or code paths. For a programmer its a simple way to think about it, but I don't know how well that would work with

Re: Number to Words and licencing

2013-11-01 Thread John Ralls
On Nov 1, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Thomas Troesch ttroe...@gmail.com wrote: I have been looking at the list of open bugs for check printing. Bug 626001 asks for number to words based on locale. One approach would be to provide for locale specific plug-ins or code paths. For a programmer its a