On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Hélio Guilherme wrote: > As for the scripts with locale settings I propose using a kind of > directive at the beginning of the script, so, for example: > #separators=",.;" > > - - There is a fixed order for the separators. In the example, for > Portuguese, I wrote: decimal separator, thousands separator and list > separator.
"list separator": is that what you expect to use for function arguments? For example, let a function expect two floating-point arguments. In the "C" locale one might write x = f(3.21,4.56) When the decimal comma is used, would x = f(3,21;4,56) be the standard form? I'll think about your other suggestions along this line. > Testing as I was writing this message, I found that in > Tools/Distributions graphs the Normal label in the Gnuplot > appears as N(mean, variance) when should be N(mean, standard > deviation). Hmm, I think that's debatable. I believe the standard form is X ~ N(\mu, \sigma^2). However, for the purpose of data-entry, I think it's more intuitive to put the standard deviation in the second slot (as at present). Other thoughts? > The distributions labels are being parsed for localization, but > the numbers are not (still appear with decimal point). True. That's largely because I don't know how to write, e.g. X ~ N(1.5, 25) in a comma-using locale. As in my question above, is it X ~ N(1,5; 25) or what? Is there a definite standard? Allin.
