Re: OpenJade behaves differently than Jade

Subject: Re: OpenJade behaves differently than Jade
From: Matthias Clasen <clasen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:14:51 +0100
> 
> Hi!
> 
> As a poor Win95 user, I just came to test OpenJade 1.3. I found a different
> behavior towards Jade 1.2, which I think is a little weird:
> 
> Before all real numbers were using a dot as a delimiter, e.g. (* 1.2 14pt)
> Now, OpenJade issues errors saying "this is not a number", and I must use a
> comma, such as (* 1,2 14pt)
> 
> But for length-specs, this is not the case; OpenJade issues an error if I
> state (* 1,2 13,5pt), and the correct spelling is (weird enough:)
> 
> (* 1,2 13.5pt)
> 
> Bug or feature? Or configurable?
> 

Bug. Sounds as if OpenJade is using the wrong locale when reading the specs.

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