[fixed] comma vs dot

[Hank]

hi there,

W3D 2.2.4
Win 10

I'm not sure if this is a bug or needs only some improvement, but whenever I use 'dot' in my numeric keypad I get 'comma'
This is a little bit annoying and for other 3D software it works: dot = dot and not dot = comma
Otherwise, all numeric input in W3D have to be followed by 'main' numeric keys...

BR, Hank

[Nova]

I've reported the same thing a long time ago and IIRC it's not considered a bug. I really wish I could change the behaviour in Wings (It used to behave like a dot), because no matter what I've tried to do, to change that behaviour in Windows hasn't worked.

[micheus]

I'm not sure that can be just changed. But, I always thought it would be better if it could to use the OS locale settings.

In my numeric keypad I don't have a "dot" but a "comma" - we use comma for decimals and dot for thousands (and I have another keyboard with both in the keypad). Although it would help me make comma=dot, I'm pretty sure there is a way to make it work right - which means I will alway have to use the dot in the main keyboard.

[dgud]

Should I always translate commas between numbers to dot then, i.e. 1,2 becomes 1.2 ?
We use to evaluate math expressions (so you can write 5.0*pi inside your dialogs)
and erlang expects dot to be the delimiter between integer and fractions.

You can write: "A = 5.4, B=4.3, sin(deg2rad A+B)" where comma separates the expressions,
so it might be confusing tol allow "A = 5,4, B=4,3, sin(deg2rad A+B)" ??

[micheus]

... erlang expects dot to be the delimiter between integer and fractions.

If Erlang doesn't handle OS locale information, then ...

Should I always translate commas between numbers to dot then, i.e. 1,2 becomes 1.2 ?

... The answer is YES.

[dgud]

Erlang is a programming language, no programming language syntax is
dependent on locale that would be weird. You would not be able to compile
code I had written because we had different locale.

Normally the programming language is not exposed in an application, though,
but I thought it was a cool feature.

Wings doesn't handle locale, wxWidgets have some support but I don't understand
it and I believe it's to automatic for my liking, i.e. uses OS locale whatever I want.

[micheus]

Normally the programming language is not exposed in an application,

I was considering just that. But, as the math expressions are available in Erlang I thought it would handle locale only in this situation.

Let's make all comma = dot and solve the problem to anyone. (including me )

[oort]

I probably shouldn't post in this thread since I may not understand the issue...

I think Nova wants dot = dot and comma = comma.

I think he is reporting that currently Wings is dot = comma on his keypad, when it should be dot = dot.

Sorry if I do not understand and I am confusing things. I get dot=dot in Windows Wings 2.2.3 on my keypad.

oort

[micheus]

No problem oort
maybe we are talking about a different keypad: an additional one; a notebook one;...

I my case, what I can check and experience is about these bellow:
1) a keyboard with a keypad which its layout has only a "comma" and that works like a "comma";


2) and another keyboard with a keypad which its layout has both a "comma" and a "dot". Each one works like it should be (comma=comma and dot=dot).

(*these are not my keyboards - just the layout)

As I said, for me it would be much better have the comma converted to dot.

[micheus]

Also, I just checked that Wings3D doesn't really do any kind of translation currently. It just handle what the wxWidgets library gives to it - and wx module should be processing correctly the keys (WXK_NUMPAD_DECIMAL and WXK_DECIMAL)