Werner, That's a reasonable argument. I understand the View Widget is considered "over loaded" so Perhaps a new widget for number formats would make sense.
However let me think if there are some snazzy work arounds for now. Tones On Friday, 18 September 2020 at 23:20:14 UTC+10 Werner wrote: > Tony, > > sorry, was absorbed by other projects, so couldn't reply earlier. OK, I'll > be a bit more specific: > > I have a number stored in a JSON tiddler. When I retrieve it, I get plain > old 3500 for example. But I want decimal points and comma separators to > have it rendered like 3,500. Or 3.500 in German. Or whatever is your > default locale. And, if DateFormat is included in the view widget, I think > NumberFormat should also be. So I think, the most elegant solution would be > extending the view widget source code to allow for "number" and pass it > through to JavaScript intl.Numberformat (cf.: > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/NumberFormat). > > Should not be that hard to implement. Maybe I try it, if I find the time. > > Of course there are plugins, but I think something as basic as a number > format should be in the core. > > Werner > > TW Tones schrieb am Dienstag, 8. September 2020 um 02:32:41 UTC+2: > >> Post script >> >> Actualy i think using simple templates to display a number in a desired >> format would be smart and the template can be changed to suit localisation >> if not automaticaly respond to localisation. Macro access to templates is >> also easy to provide. >> >> Tones >> >> On Tuesday, 8 September 2020 at 10:25:30 UTC+10 TW Tones wrote: >> >>> Werner >>> >>> Perhaps some examples? >>> >>> Evans formulae plugin has features to support this from memory. There >>> are other maths plugins that may. >>> >>> I can imagin a gap that exists between basic maths and the more advanced >>> maths especialy in relation to display. >>> >>> However i can see these gaps would be easy to solve with a few wiki text >>> macros or taping into javascript functions that already handle it. >>> >>> Please research your percived gaps and post back some details. >>> >>> Tones >>> >>> On Tuesday, 8 September 2020 at 02:09:26 UTC+10 Werner wrote: >>> >>>> Guys, >>>> >>>> am I right that there is no TW-inherent way to display a number format >>>> or, better, locale-specific number format? >>>> >>>> Wouldn't it be great if it was integral part of the <$view> widget, >>>> much like date format is? >>>> >>>> Is there an easy fix? I mean, without having to install another plugin >>>> just for this purpose. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Werner >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/45d799b8-f7f2-4c70-af87-d48ac8815324n%40googlegroups.com.
