Re: [gtkextra] Re: Problems with gtk_set_locale and gnome_init

[Adrian Feiguin <feiguin magnet fsu edu>]

Any idea how to fix this in the PS generator? Should we use an
alternative to fpritf? Disable set_locale while printing?
Saludos,
<ADRIAN>

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Jose Eusebio Roza Pando wrote:

> Ahhh! This is the problem. The ps generation engine use fprintf and
> it generates the ps file with a comma instead of a decimal point
> (in Spanish machines).
> 
> Thank you very much for your help Martin,
>          Eusebio
> 
> mk@daveg.com escribió:
> 
> > Jose Eusebio Roza Pando wrote:
> > >I am writting a gtk+ app  with gtk+extra library. This is my problem:
> > >- I use gtk_init and my app works and i can print ps files,
> > >    but if i use gtk_set_locale too, i can not print ps files. The ps
> > >    is generated but the viewer can not show it.
> >
> > I am just learning to use locale support myself, but i have noticed that
> > gtk_set_locale seems to affect the decimal separator in floating point
> > output as well, so any fprintf(file,"%f\n",somevalue) may end up with
> > a comma instead of a decimal point in some locales. Much to my surprise,
> > localized message files work without calling gtk_set_locale and setlocale.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Martin
> > --
> > Dr. Martin Kroeker, daVeg GmbH Darmstadt  CAD/CAM/CAQ  mk@daveg.com
> >                       Precision Powered by Penguins
> >
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