I just learned something here!!!!! On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM Paul Kroitor <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've gone a bit down the rabbit hole on this and learned that in fact > the international standard* separator for digit groups is the "thin > space", and it's English (apparently plus most of the other languages) > that has gone AWOL here. And it's been so since 1948 (and reaffirmed in > 2003). > > I suspect this may all stem from Napoleon and his implementation of the > Metric system combined with the French use of spaces as separators. > > Who knew? > Paul > > * At the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, which includes > the SI, the official definition of the metric system. > > > On 2025-08-09 9:56 a.m., Paul Kroitor wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Afaik lots of locales use spaces to separate thousands, including > > common ones like French. See > > https://randombits.dev/articles/number-localization/locale-list. > > > > Apparently there are several different Unicode spaces (no-break space, > > narrow no-break space, etc) which are specifically used depending on > > the locale. > > > > Paul > > > > > > On 2025-08-09 9:27 a.m., David Carlson wrote: > >> Graham, > >> > >> There are certain data fields that that have somewhat quirky > >> behavior, but > >> the only one that has bothered me are the value fields in the > >> transaction > >> register where, for me, if I inadvertently insert or omit an intended > >> plus > >> or minus sign or if commas or periods do not comply with the > >> definitions in > >> my locale, then I get a surprise, usually a very different value than > >> the > >> value that I intended to insert. This actually seems to be about the > >> same > >> as what you describe, except that I usually find an easier recovery than > >> the methods you use. As far as I know, at least up through release > >> 5.11 of > >> GnuCash there has not been any change to that behavior. In your first > >> sentence you use the word locale with an example that doesn't seem to be > >> the difference that I might expect, eg swapping the comma and period in > >> numbers depending on which country GnuCash thinks I am in. For me, a > >> space > >> is always a separator between two different numbers. I wonder if > >> that is > >> the source of your confusion. > >> > >> On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM Graham Leggett via gnucash-user < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I have various statements with locales all over the show, for example > >>> "1,234.99". Gnucash wants the figures to look like "1 234.99". > >>> > >>> In the past this hasn't been a problem (other than the annoyance), as I > >>> could correct the format in the register after a cut and paste, > >>> however now > >>> cut and paste no longer works - specifically the paste is ignored. > >>> > >>> What does work, which is more annoying, is to cut and paste to an > >>> intermediate location like a text editor, edit "1,234.99" to "1 > >>> 234.99", > >>> and cut and paste a second time. Now the paste works. > >>> > >>> Is there a way to switch this behaviour off? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Graham > >>> -- > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> ----- > >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >>> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
