Re: Decimal key on European keyboard layouts

fre 2002-12-13 klockan 11.01 skrev Robin Rosenberg:
> > Anyone else seen this? 
>
> Just checked. I have a lap top so I can't say I'm using the "numerical" keypad,
> but the comma key generates a period. This must be hell to anyone trying to
> do accounting, paying bills or other numerically intensive data entry.

Exactly. Gnumeric/Gnucash/OpenOffice Calc and so on are pretty much
unusable with the numeric keypad, since they (correctly, since I use a
locale that uses comma as the decimal character) expect decimals entered
with commas.


> I, at least
> use the numerical keypad on desktop computer, which means I have not needed
> the comma for long time (on a desktop computer). I may be that paying bills does
> not require the fraction that often when using kronas. Finns should have a real
> problem though.

I doubt there is a difference in this case.


> >Suggestions?
> 
> File a bug report or submit a patch or both.

I've previously filed a report, but I haven't been able to figure out a
patch for this problem myself. It involves overlaying the default
numeric keymap if I remember correctly, something I don't know how to
do.


Christian