Yep, understood. The new footprint wizard script doesn't actually change the string values that are sent in from KiCad so it sends back identical values.
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Simon Wells <swel...@gmail.com> wrote: > the problem is what happens if/when it needs to convert back into a > string, it needs to know whether to show a comma or period > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:25 PM, Oliver Walters > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not 100% that I understand the issue, but here is my proposed fix: > > > > Allow "native" separators in KiCad (comma or period) and when the Python > > script converts these string values to numbers it will automatically > turn a > > comma into a period. > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:58 PM, jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr> > wrote: > >> > >> This is a language setting. > >> It could be no so easy to test, if the system language uses the same > >> separator as the "C" language > >> > >> The easy fix is do not use the wxWidgets floating point validator (no > >> validator). > >> The user must enter fp numbers using the "C" locale separator (the > point). > >> The best fix is more complicated, and imply : > >> - Use the selected language (usually the system language, but not > always) > >> fp separator to display fp > >> number in dialog (this is not currently the case: currently this is the > >> "C" locale separator, used > >> by the Python script) > >> - In countries which use an other separator (a comma), allow both the > >> current locale separator *and* > >> the "C" locale separator. > >> > >> This issue is well known in Kicad. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >
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