From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Note about decimal mark for numbers Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:32:56 +0200 Message-ID: <87boi3vpt3.fsf@altern.org> References: <87a9xocgkq.fsf@gmail.com> <87y5l86tqs.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <877gssazfo.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51421) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T3x09-000866-Bp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:32:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T3x04-0007Cv-4l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:32:45 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:54878) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T3x03-0007Cm-UK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:32:40 -0400 Received: by wgbez12 with SMTP id ez12so217917wgb.30 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:32:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <877gssazfo.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:40:35 +0530") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jambunathan K writes: > Achim Gratz writes: > >> Nicolas Goaziou writes: >>> In a recent commit, I've modified `org-table-number-regexp' so it can >>> recognize numbers with a comma as the decimal mark by default. >> >> This should really follow the definitions in the locale... > > That was my first reaction to it as well. Remember the purpose of `org-table-number-regexp' is to help find the right alignment in tables. It is _not_ to find numbers when eval'ing a formula. So, having both a rigid definition of what is a number for formulas and a flexible definition when it comes to formatting tables is fine. 2 cts, -- Bastien