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| -rw-r--r-- | src/main.cpp | 14 |
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp index a422610..c03a5ec 100644 --- a/src/main.cpp +++ b/src/main.cpp @@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/) // boilerplate i18n setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); + + // Initialize LC_NUMERIC with 'POSIX'. This assures that float number + // conversions (from float to string via e.g. g_strdup_sprintf()) always + // use a dot in decimal numbers. + // + // This resolves blackening of the screen if users with e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 + // use the brightness slider and hand over a komma-decimal to the xsct + // executable (which only understands dot-decimals). + // + // As we don't use numbers / number conversions anywhere else in the + // display indicator, this global setting of LC_NUMERIC seems to be the + // easiest approach. + setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "POSIX"); + bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR); textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE); |