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TrackDraw number formats
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:18:29 GMT
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With help from Thomas Woelk, I uncovered a design problem in the TrackDraw file
format. It currently assumes that numbers are localized; that is, it expects an
angle to be expressed as
angle="22.5"
if the part description is in American English, but "22,5" (comma instead of
period) if the part description is in German.
Is this intuitive to Germans? I assume the answer is 'yes', but after typing '.'
in LDraw numbers, does it feel right to type ',' in TrackDraw numbers?
I can think of three options for TrackDraw:
- use '.' (period) everywhere for a decimal point, ala LDraw
- use the correct number format depending on the files' language and culture
- allow the files' number format to be set separately from the language
Opinions?
Thanks
Cary
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 | | Re: TrackDraw number formats
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| Hi Cary, The decimal comma is used in a lot of european countries. I would say that the option (...) in the GUI would be the best, since this would allow the user to select their preferred settings. However, since the trackdraw files will possibly (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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