meanwhile on a german keyboard... until this problem is resolved, which could take a while, users of german keyboards (and other variants that have a comma for numpad delete) could change their layouts so KPDL is a decimal point.
in linux/gnome this is fairly simple: -> http://kishalmi.servus.at/tmp/Screenshot_KPDL_gnome.jpg alternatively, you could add include "kpdl(dot)" to your /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de for XP (and prolly other win*s) there's a little M$ tool, called "Keyboard Layout Creator": -> http://kishalmi.servus.at/tmp/Screenshot_KPDL_XP.jpg not sure if this is the most simple and elegant solution tho, just quickly tested this on a VM. You could prolly get away with just changing your region settings. hth, lmg On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Damir Prebeg <blend.fact...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Campbell for pointing me, I'll check those functions to see > what's there because I'm highly interested in this problem. > While it really sounds great that blender can sum 1' with 30.48 cm, I > think that that creates more problems (as this one with coma) that > it's used buy ordinary users. For instance, I don't use either metric > or imperial units, I use only blender units. > Well, IMHO a whole unit system is a bit confusing and can lead to a > lot of problems. For instance, I have attended to one Blender workshop > where people had to collaborate and create models witch will be > externally linked in one final Blend file. We should use metric system > in cm, but a lot of people have used different scale so in the end we > had all sorts of problems with model scaling in final scene. That > wouldn't be the case if only BU was used. > > On 17 April 2011 08:00, Campbell Barton <ideasma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> recommend to look at interface.c and bpy_interface.c - >> BPY_button_exec(), in principle what you suggest could work however >> all parsing is done by python its not so simple to make decisions >> based on input unless we write our own. >> >> In brief it works like this: >> * user inputs some number/py-code/units >> * for unit buttons blender does python compatible replacements (yes, >> units systems cheats by relying on python :-) ). >> * python evaluates this string - if its a tuple ist sum'd, otherwise a >> number is expected. >> >> The conflict with units is input from multiple units system is >> possible, so you can type in 10cm even if Imperial units are selected. >> Or 10' when Metric is used. >> >> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Damir Prebeg <blend.fact...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Well, I know that Python interprets 1, 2 as (1, 2) but as I can see >>> numeric field actually calculates sum of numbers separated by coma >>> witch Python doesn't do by it self. Since parser does that, wouldn't >>> be possible to create parser that will distinguish simple 1, 2 from >>> sum(1, 2) or from [1, 2]? >>> And to be honest, I don't understand what's the problem with units. If >>> someone uses imperial, metric or blender unit system, then he will use >>> only one system at the time. Parser should be aware active unit system >>> and should not mix 1'000,00 and 1,0. >>> >>> On 16 April 2011 16:12, Campbell Barton <ideasma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Also units, where: 2' 4" >>>> ... is valid input for: 2 ft 4 inches >>>> >>>> Supporting 1'000,00 & units & python evaluation would be tricky and >>>> error prone enough to make it not workable IMHO. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Martin Poirier <the...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> The issue is that it doesn't accept just numbers, it accepts anything >>>>> that evaluates to an expression, so you can type stuff lie: 1/3, >>>>> 16/9*480, sum(15, 12.5, 48.6), ... >>>>> >>>>> Strictly parsing with a locale is not possible. >>>>> >>>>> Martin >>>>> >>>>> --- On Sat, 4/16/11, Remo Pini <remo.p...@avexys.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> From: Remo Pini <remo.p...@avexys.com> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Numeric fields should accept coma and >>>>>> convert it todot >>>>>> To: "bf-blender developers" <bf-committers@blender.org> >>>>>> Received: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 3:54 AM >>>>>> I actually think that Blender should >>>>>> try to adhere to whatever locale >>>>>> settings the user has chosen if at all possible. This goes >>>>>> for date, >>>>>> time and number formats. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've seen numbers setup like 1000.00 / 1'000.00 / 1,000.00 >>>>>> / 1'000,00 -> >>>>>> simply accepting "." and "," will not solve this issues, >>>>>> the "parser" >>>>>> needs to be locale aware instead of just replacing >>>>>> things... >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> >>>>>> Remo >>>>>> >>>>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>>>> > From: bf-committers-boun...@blender.org >>>>>> [mailto:bf-committers- >>>>>> > boun...@blender.org] >>>>>> On Behalf Of Damir Prebeg >>>>>> > Sent: Freitag, 15. April 2011 11:08 >>>>>> > To: bf-blender developers >>>>>> > Subject: [Bf-committers] Numeric fields should accept >>>>>> coma and convert >>>>>> it >>>>>> > todot >>>>>> > >>>>>> > I use numeric keys a lot, but on my locale settings >>>>>> num key DEL is >>>>>> > coma not dot. Because of that I often make mistakes >>>>>> with numeric >>>>>> > inputs. I think that all numeric fields should accept >>>>>> and convert coma >>>>>> > to dot. >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>>> > Bf-committers mailing list >>>>>> > Bf-committers@blender.org >>>>>> > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>>>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>>>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> - Campbell >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> - Campbell >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers