Hi John,

Running from the terminal I still get period.  In the terminal I got the 
following trace.

(process:1976): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 18:35:55.003: [mac_set_languages()] 
Language list: en:fr_CA:en_CA:C

I just downloaded the sources from GitHub, and looked at [mac_set_languages()]. 
 Foundation offers global variables NsLocaleDecimalSeparator, 
NSLocaleGroupingSeparator and NSLocaleCurrencySymbol, among others.  These 
variables would bring directly the values mac_set_languages() is trying to get. 
 Furthermore, if a user changes the decimal separator in the Advanced panel of 
the Language and Region system preferences, gnu cash would get the expected 
separator instead of the locale’s default separator.  Is it something that 
could be changed without breaking a lot of things in the app ?

Please don’t hesitate to tell me if I’m completely wrong…

Thanks,

Yves

> Le 2 juill. 2018 à 18:43, John Ralls <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
> 
> I tested this a bit in the debugger and I with French as the primary language 
> and Canada as the country [currentlocale objectForKey:  NSLocaleLanguageCode] 
> insists that the code in en, not French. If I tell System Prefs I'm in France 
> it gets the right answer, so it might be an Apple bug.
> 
> Unfortunately setting LANG in the environment, though it will set the 
> interface language, doesn't seem to change the number display, so there 
> doesn't seem to be a way to force it at present.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
>> On Jul 2, 2018, at 2:59 PM, John Ralls <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> If you run GnuCash from a Terminal prompt do you get the right separator?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>>> On Jul 2, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Yves Forget via gnucash-user 
>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> System Preferences/Language and Region says Region = Canada and language = 
>>> french.  Advanced shows decimal separator is comma and thousands separator 
>>> is space.  (These are default values for French Canada).
>>> Environment variable LANG=fr_CA.UTF_8
>>> OpenOffice correctly uses comma as decimal separator.
>>> Is Gnucash supposed to use the parameters from the locale ?  Is there a way 
>>> to force it ?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Yves Forget
>>> 
>>>  Le lundi 2 juillet 2018 15h48, R. Victor Klassen <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Maybe in Quebec it is a comma.  In the rest of the country it is a period.  
>>> 
>>> There should be a different locale for fr-canada than for en-canada.  I 
>>> don’t know what else would differ across locales though.
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 2, 2018, at 3:42 PM, Yves Forget via gnucash-user 
>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I’m new to GnuCash and just installed GnuCash 3.2 on Mac. OS X 10.13
>>>> Gnucash uses the period as decimal separator instead of my locale’s
>>>> separator.  Here in Canada it should be comma.
>>>> Should Gnucash use the decimal separator of my locale, or is it always
>>>> period ?  Is there a way to configure it within GnuCash ?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Yves Forget
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