From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: comma as decimal point: bug? Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:57:56 +0200 Message-ID: <87r4qt9xrf.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58000) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5jxt-000515-41 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:01:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5jxs-0001RS-84 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:01:49 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:56303) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5jxs-0001RJ-1o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:01:48 -0400 Received: by weys10 with SMTP id s10so2216173wey.0 for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:01:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Rainer Thiel's message of "Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:54:21 +0200") 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: r.thiel@uni-jena.de Cc: emacs-orgmode mailing list Hello, Rainer Thiel writes: > I have seen that as of v. 7.9, org tables are supposed to accept > commas as decimal points which is useful if you set up tables to be > used in in files where continental conventions are expected to be > followed. Actually, this more subtle. Tables recognize numbers with a comma as the decimal mark. But it only means such numbers will be properly aligned to the right. Internally, calculations still require dot separator. Hope it is clearer now. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou