Re: NSDecimalSeparator

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi Fred,

> > > I have set up a new system (Solaris/GNustep). Users want numbers to 
> > > be
> > > formated with , for the decimal separator and I again have no clue 
> > > how
> > > and where to set that. I have followed the trace up to
> > >
> > >      NSScanner::locale
> > >       loc = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
> > > dictionaryRepresentation];
> > >
> > > loc containing a corresponding value for the key NSDecimalSeparator. 
> > > I
> > > have just not found out how this is deternimed and set? Which unix
> > > environment variables is GNUstep bas echecking to set a default for
> > > this key?
> >
> > Found it, at least a solution I can live with.
> >
> >     defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDecimalSeparator ","
>
> On systems that have locale.h installed we use localeconv() to get this
> information. Please see GSLocale.m for details.

  lconv = localeconv();
  if (lconv->decimal_point)
    {
      [dict setObject: [NSString stringWithUTF8String: 
lconv->decimal_point]
               forKey: NSDecimalSeparator];
    }

   man localeconv()

Thanks a lot! Still trying to find the required setting for 
/etc/profile or whatever config file on Solaris to set this system 
wide. I had this running on one machine but I had to reinstall the box 
and haven't documented this configuration detail! :-(

Anyone with Solaris/GNustep experience?

Thanks,

 Andreas