Ubuntu
xkeyboard-config package

the numeric pad should provide the regional separator

Bug #1459417 reported by Jérôme
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xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When I type the "point/delete" key of my numeric pad, then the US "." (point) separator is entered instead of my regional "," (comma).

When entering a lot of numbers in Calc for example, this is annoying.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xfce4 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-53.89-generic 3.13.11-ckt19
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-53-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed May 27 22:02:18 2015
SourcePackage: xfce4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jérôme (jerome-bouat) wrote :
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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This may be annoying, but is this a valid bug? I assume that you can tweak the key mapping with tools like xmodmap or setxkbmap.

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Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote :

Why should a key that has a dot *printed* randomly change to another character based on locale? THAT would be annoying. In any case, not an XFCE bug.

Changed in xfce4 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Jérôme (jerome-bouat) wrote :

This is related to regionalization. In many countries, the decimal separator is "," instead of "." in US, UK, etc.

On Microsoft Windows systems, this is properly handled.

Changed in xfce4 (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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Jérôme (jerome-bouat) wrote :

Localization is made of :
- language translation (depends on language)
- regionalization (depends on country : here goes the currency, the measurement system, the decimal separator, ...)

Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)
affects: xfce4 (Ubuntu) → xfce4-settings (Ubuntu)
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Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding) wrote :

With fr_FR I do get "." also, but in Calc it is a "," (probably fixed there).

On the login screen, meaning outside of Xfce, it is still "."!

affects: xfce4-settings (Ubuntu) → xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
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