To Martin's point, Google <emacs add thousands separators>. In particular, see https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/Grouping-Digits.html, the somewhat less general https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AddCommasToNumbers, or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30140414/showing-thousand-separator-in-org-mode-spreadsheets. The Calc solution seems to have the benefit of affecting the display, not the value / type.
Remember, too,that ledger follows one's hints by adding commas in reports if one uses commas in the data. I've rarely felt the need for a comma or other separator in the text. Bill On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 9:56:40 AM UTC-7, Marcos wrote: > > Yes. A function like that would extremely useful. Unfortunately I am new > to Emacs and Elisp so it would be a challenge for me. > I'll try to read some books on Elisp(does look like a strange > parentheses-based language) > > > > On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 12:43:29 AM UTC+8, Martin Blais wrote: >> >> I'd be surprised if noone ever added that to Emacs. >> You can't automatically insert commas until a number has finished being >> typed - it's ambiguous - but the first non-number character (e.g., space) >> after typing a number could be configured to automatically trigger the >> addition of the commas in the text just before the cursor. >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Marcos <niteg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> i know this might be an emacs related question but would it be possible >>> to get elisp to add separators in number(maybe as function)? >>> It would be really useful feature for in conjunction with ledger-mode. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 11:01:50 PM UTC+8, Craig Earls wrote: >>>> >>>> There is nothing in ledger mode right now that will add separators in >>>> numbers. >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 07:46 Marcos <niteg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi, >>>>> I am quite new to Emacs and Ledger. I would like to know if it is >>>>> possible to have comma automatically added to numbers? >>>>> >>>>> I really want to be part of the Emacs community but its a bit of a >>>>> steep learning curve. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Kunal A. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Ledger" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to ledger-cli+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ >>>> [image: missile_flyout] >>>> enderw88.wordpress.com >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ledger" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to ledger-cli+...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
