Re: Problems with gtk_set_locale and gnome_init

[Jose Eusebio Roza Pando <jeroza alu uah es>]

I know the solution already:
If you use a no_english enviroment when you use gnome_init or
gtk_set_locale you must use setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,"POSIX")
to write a decimal point.

      Eusebio.

Jose Eusebio Roza Pando escribió:

> 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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