Re: Still on i18n

["Giuseppe Bilotta" <oblomov@freemail.it>]

I wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > there's one point I would like to make on i18n: proper
> > support for different decimal/thousand separators;
> > different languages use different symbols (mostly, they swap
> > the meaning of comma and dot); this should be taken in
> > consideration esp. when typesetting math formulas, to take
> > care of correct spacing.

Taco wrote:

> Yes, but how?
> 
> It should probably be done, but input syntax is very nasty.
> Even if $10,50$ is a number, $[10, 50]$ isn't. If somebody
> can think of a reasonable algorithm to decide when to do what,
> I'd be very happy to implement it 

Get a second look at your examples: if the next char has catcode space,
you can use the delimiter spacing; otherwise, you use the
decimal/thousand (whatever appropriate) spacing (which would
again change from region to region).

Hans wrote:

> There is a file supp-num.tex in the distribution which have some digit
> manipulation macros. They even work -)

Nice module! But you still need to insert \tex{digit} before them;
can the thing be implemented, at least in math mode, without the
need for \tex{digit} (only the decimal/thousand separator thing,
not the power thing)?

Giuseppe Bilotta

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