Re: minus numbers denoted by parentheses are not recognised

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:08:13AM -0400, george g. wrote:
> Using Gnumeric1.1.19.          When downloading stock transactions,  the 
> negitive numbers are shown in parentheses.  The program does not 
> recognise these numbers as having any value. The program will not let me 
> reformat  them as a group to numbers with minus signs instead of 
> parentheses. It will let me edit individual cells by deleting the 
> parentheses and adding a minus sign, after which the program recognises 
> the numbers.

How are you importing those values ?  xls ?
There was a patch in 1.2.7 that probably solved the issue you're
seeing.

> The cursor  seems to always be in the form of a plus sign. This
> program appears to have everything but I will not be  able to use
> it if I can't solve this problem.   I would like to use this
> program and will greatly appreceat any help I can get.
> Thanks  alot       

The current stable release is 1.2.8, about a month old (with 1.2.9
due later this week)