RE: [XaraXtreme-dev] Numeric values and internationalisation

["Neil Howe" <NeilH@xxxxxxxx>]

I've added this issue to Bugzilla
http://bugzilla.xara.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918

Neil 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of Gerry Iles
> Sent: 05 April 2006 15:04
> To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [XaraXtreme-dev] Numeric values and internationalisation
> 
> I assume this must be a new XaraLX specific problem presumably caused
by
> some bit of code having been disabled or ported somewhat loosely as
> there have been German versions of most of the windows versions of
> Camelot and I don't believe these suffer from the problems you
mention.
> 
> It sounds most likely that some function for converting a string into
a
> float (or possibly a function that reads a double value from a
control)
> has been changed during the porting work so either it is not trying to
> do anything special or is not using the correct settings for the
locale.
> 
> Gerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of Martin Wuerthner
> Sent: 05 April 2006 14:43
> To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [XaraXtreme-dev] Numeric values and internationalisation
> 
> I have big problems entering values into editable fields because it
> seems that the values are displayed in local representation but not
> read accordingly.
> 
> For instance, the line spacing of a newly created text object is
> displayed as 100,00% which is the correct representation on a German
> machine. Changing this to 120,00% and pressing Return results in
> 12000,00% being applied and displayed. Apparently, the decimal comma
> is ignored when reading the value. So, to reliably enter a value on a
> German machine, the user has to remove the decimal comma manually.
> 
> Even more confusingly, some fields are linked, so changing one causes
> the other to be read as well. For instance, the current position of
> the selection may be displayed as X: 200,00 Y: 300,00 - changing the X
> position to 210 (carefully removing the comma) and pressing Return
> results in X: 210,00 Y: 30000,00 to be applied because the Y field is
> interpreted as well. So, to change either the X or Y position, the
> user has to edit both values and remove the commas.
> 
> Martin