> Hi Dave!
>
> Dave Peticolas wrote:
>
> <...>
>
> > First, as far as displaying the currency symbol in the balance,
> > I would prefer to make this configurable rather than take it out
> > altogether. Yes, you can turn on the currency column, but that
> > takes up a lot more space than printing the currency with the
> > balance & total.
> >
> > As far as printing the symbol correctly for a given currency,
> > I was envisioning the following sort of solution:
> >
> > The amount printing routines (xaccPrintAmount & xaccSPrintAmount)
> > would be extended with an argument for the currency code string.
> > If the string was NULL, it would default to using the locale
> > currency. That would make it a little easier to modify the
> > existing code on a gradual basis. Also, when you are printing,
> > e.g., a quantity of shares there is no need for one.
>
> Take a look at my last EURO patch. I did a first quick hack
> of exactly this. I extended xaccSPrintAmountGeneral.
> I needed xaccSPrintAmountGeneral because for EURO 2 decimal
> places are required. But if you are in an italian locale
> you get Lira and no decimal places...
Although xaccSPrintAmountGeneral is a public function, it's really
intended for internal use. I would rather make xaccSPrintAmount and
xaccPrintAmount smarter about using currency codes. Thus, if either
function is passed a currency code of EURO, the default precision
would be overridden.
thanks,
dave
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