https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45780

--- Comment #9 from Michael Adams <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > I see that they implemented the M$ method of repeating fill characters.  The
> > resulting LO format for the financial accounting format wold be:
> > [$$-409]* #,##0.00;[RED][$$-409]* (#,##0.00);[$$-409]* -##;@
> ......
> > Until they fix the list of formats, this should remain open.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> It would also be nice if the "[$nnn-xxx]" specifier could be *extended* so
.......... 
> Of course, my ideas and reasoning are hardly definitive :).

Also, once I've thought more, why couldn't we get rid of the (to me) silly
locale number code idea?

Isn't "en_us" *better* (more self documenting) than "409"?

Wouldn't "[$#-en_us]* #,##0.00;[RED][$#-en_us]* (#,##0.00);[$#-en_us]* -##;@",
to roll-up my "complete" idea as a concrete example, be more understandable?

After all, computers and programs exist to assist with the repetitive and
mundane so why shouldn't Calc figure out what the locale number for "en_us"
(e.g.) is and just "do the right thing"?

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