LYNX-DEV Re: commas (eg 4,863,806) in download byte-cnts

[Klaus Weide]

On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, David Combs wrote:

> Just an idea from a non hacker -- but rave user:
> When downloading large files, I find it very hard to
> tell the magnitude of the number of bytes displayed
> in that fast-spinning "odometer" Lynx shows.
> 
> Perhaps placing commas every three digits would make it
> a lot easier to read the odometer.  Right now I have to
> actually put a pencil to the screen and actually count
> the digits (they are very small on this sun console screen)
> in order to see eg if it is millions or tens of millions
> (for big downloads, eg java jdk-like stuff).
> 
> If anyone things this is a good (or bad) idea, please
> say so to the list.

Point me to the fprintf formatting code that will work on all systems to
format an integer correctly according to the current locale conventions,
and we can talk about it...

Different languages/countries may use different characters for grouping
in numbers.

    Klaus 

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