[PATCH 2/2] emacs: Change the default thousands separator to a space
Thomas Jost
schnouki at schnouki.net
Wed Dec 21 05:44:19 PST 2011
This had been discussed and decided on IRC.
Rationale:
Therefore the space is recommended in the SI/ISO 31-0 standard, and the
International Bureau of Weights and Measures states that "for numbers with
many digits the digits may be divided into groups of three by a thin space, in
order to facilitate reading. Neither dots nor commas are inserted in the
spaces between groups of three".
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Digit_grouping)
---
emacs/notmuch-hello.el | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
index ef585ea..878d92a 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ So:
(integer :tag "Number of characters")
(float :tag "Fraction of window")))
-(defcustom notmuch-hello-thousands-separator ","
+(defcustom notmuch-hello-thousands-separator " "
"The string used as a thousands separator.
-Typically \",\" in the US and UK and \".\" in Europe."
+Typically \",\" in the US and UK and \".\" or \" \" in Europe.
+The latter is recommended in the SI/ISO 31-0 standard and by the
+International Bureau of Weights and Measures."
:group 'notmuch
:type 'string)
--
1.7.8
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