Re: [DQSD-Users] respect comma and period localization
Stephen, I don't think it was laziness on Dave's part - I'll blame Dave ;) - just an oversight. And, I'm a bit surprised that we haven't had a request for this change before (that I know of). I took a quick look at the changes required to do a replacement like Kim suggested would be more involved than I thought it would be (see calculate.js:mathexp). Unfortunately, I don't see a change being implemented to handle this. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Møller Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:24 PM To: DQSD users mailing list Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] respect comma and period localization Yes its only when i use it as a calculator... When i do have to use it as a calculator, it usually has to work fast and, with allot typing in different numbers. When i hit the key below "number 3" on the numeric keyboard, i get a comma and not a period... to get a period i have to go to the main part on the keyboard... like i said, just a little issue, thats a little annoying. Anything that can be done? excuse me... but i have seen it before in a very few pieces of software, and to me it just seems to be lazy design/programming. (sorry) Again, i don't know anything about javacode, or other types of programming, but i love little genius software like DQSD. Stephen On 12/5/06, Kim Gräsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Stephen, > But i have a small issue. Here in Denmark where i live we > dont use the . (dot) as decimal marker, rather we use the , (comma). > > In most programs this switch is seamless, but in some > including DQSD, we have to use the "wrong" way to write a number: > > On my system this is wrong: > 29.55 > > on my system this is right: > 29,55 > > Now my question. > Is there anyway that i can configure this to work right in DQSD? > Is there anyway that someone can make the installer detect > this localization? It's the same here in Sweden. You see, what you're entering into the search bar (provided you mean when you use it as a calculator) is actually JavaScript code. If you type: 25 + 9 / 3 * 3.14 the search bar responds with 34.42 As this is just a JavaScript expression and JavaScript always expresses floating point numbers in a locale-invariant manner, there's no built-in facility for localized numerics. Then again, I guess we could preprocess every numeric expression replacing "" with "." before evaluating the expression. To me it just seems counter-intuitive, but maybe that's because I know what it does, so I expect the locale-invariant behavior. - Kim - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php <http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> &p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 -- Stephen-Peter Foged Møller [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] respect comma and period localization
Yes its only when i use it as a calculator... When i do have to use it as a calculator, it usually has to work fast and, with allot typing in different numbers. When i hit the key below "number 3" on the numeric keyboard, i get a comma and not a period... to get a period i have to go to the main part on the keyboard... like i said, just a little issue, thats a little annoying. Anything that can be done? excuse me... but i have seen it before in a very few pieces of software, and to me it just seems to be lazy design/programming. (sorry) Again, i don't know anything about javacode, or other types of programming, but i love little genius software like DQSD. Stephen On 12/5/06, Kim Gräsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Stephen, > But i have a small issue. Here in Denmark where i live we > dont use the . (dot) as decimal marker, rather we use the , (comma). > > In most programs this switch is seamless, but in some > including DQSD, we have to use the "wrong" way to write a number: > > On my system this is wrong: > 29.55 > > on my system this is right: > 29,55 > > Now my question. > Is there anyway that i can configure this to work right in DQSD? > Is there anyway that someone can make the installer detect > this localization? It's the same here in Sweden. You see, what you're entering into the search bar (provided you mean when you use it as a calculator) is actually JavaScript code. If you type: 25 + 9 / 3 * 3.14 the search bar responds with 34.42 As this is just a JavaScript expression and JavaScript always expresses floating point numbers in a locale-invariant manner, there's no built-in facility for localized numerics. Then again, I guess we could preprocess every numeric expression replacing "" with "." before evaluating the expression. To me it just seems counter-intuitive, but maybe that's because I know what it does, so I expect the locale-invariant behavior. - Kim - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 -- Stephen-Peter Foged Møller [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] respect comma and period localization
Hi Stephen, > But i have a small issue. Here in Denmark where i live we > dont use the . (dot) as decimal marker, rather we use the , (comma). > > In most programs this switch is seamless, but in some > including DQSD, we have to use the "wrong" way to write a number: > > On my system this is wrong: > 29.55 > > on my system this is right: > 29,55 > > Now my question. > Is there anyway that i can configure this to work right in DQSD? > Is there anyway that someone can make the installer detect > this localization? It's the same here in Sweden. You see, what you're entering into the search bar (provided you mean when you use it as a calculator) is actually JavaScript code. If you type: 25 + 9 / 3 * 3.14 the search bar responds with 34.42 As this is just a JavaScript expression and JavaScript always expresses floating point numbers in a locale-invariant manner, there's no built-in facility for localized numerics. Then again, I guess we could preprocess every numeric expression replacing "" with "." before evaluating the expression. To me it just seems counter-intuitive, but maybe that's because I know what it does, so I expect the locale-invariant behavior. - Kim - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] respect comma and period localization
Hi Stephen, > But i have a small issue. Here in Denmark where i live > we dont use the . (dot) as decimal marker, rather we > use the , (comma). > ... > Is there anyway that i can configure this to work right > in DQSD? Can you be a bit more specific about where this is a problem? What searches are you using that are being misinterpreted? Can you provide a couple examples? Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
[DQSD-Users] respect comma and period localization
Hi everyone. I have used DQSD for some years now and i have been following this list for maybe a year, but this is my first post. I am not a programmer and i have no ambition to start programming anything for DQSD. :-) But i have a small issue. Here in Denmark where i live we dont use the . (dot) as decimal marker, rather we use the , (comma). In most programs this switch is seamless, but in some including DQSD, we have to use the "wrong" way to write a number: On my system this is wrong: 29.55 on my system this is right: 29,55 Now my question. Is there anyway that i can configure this to work right in DQSD? Is there anyway that someone can make the installer detect this localization? Thank you for your effort. -- Stephen-Peter Foged Møller [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601