Hi Thomas. On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:30:48 +0100, Thomas Jost <schno...@schnouki.net> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:34:03 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin > <dmitry.kuroch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:29:00 -0400, David Bremner <da...@tethera.net> wrote: > > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:59:22 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin > > > <dmitry.kuroch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > What do perople think about making the thousands separator a space by > > > > default? > > > > > > > > > > Is that really good for a majority of users? I had never heard of it > > > until now. I know this is hardly scientific, but still... > > > > > > > Well, to me "1 000 000 000" looks better than "1,000,000,000". But I do > > not know about the others. That is why I was asking :) > > That's a complex topic unfortunately. I prefer "1 000 000" too, but many > would prefer "1,000,000", others would prefer "1'000'000", and in India > many would even prefer "1,00,0000" > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousands_separator#Examples_of_use). > > The cleanest solution would be to use something that cares about the > LC_NUMERIC environment variable. sprintf() can do such things, but I'm > not aware of any possibility to do that in elisp. >
We discussed this on IRC. And, surprisingly, everyone agreed on changing the default to a space in a separate patch. But my other comment for this patch is still relevant: please rename `notmuch-thousands-separator' to `notmuch-hello-thousands-separator'. If you decide to make another patch that changes the default to a space, please add this link [1] to the preamble and a citation: Therefore the space is recommended in the SI/ISO 31-0 standard, and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures states that "for numbers with many digits the digits may be divided into groups of three by a thin space, in order to facilitate reading. Neither dots nor commas are inserted in the spaces between groups of three". Regards, Dmitry [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Digit_grouping > -- > Thomas/Schnouki _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch