On 18 Feb 97 at 15:12, Hans Aberg wrote:


>   For example, with the numbers, it is so that all Swedish numbers _should_
> be typeset with a comma like "3,1415..", and not "3.1415..", as in English.

In English one could use either 1\,234.567 or 1,234.567, or maybe
1234.567, or even 1\,234{\cdot}567, etc.

So "format" for numbers changes both within and between languages...

Pedro.


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