[Bug 38994] applet arythmetic evaluator has problem with national decimal point

[PascalCavy]

Public bug reported:

Affects: kdeaddons kicker-applets (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
This was working right under kde 3.5.1. In kde 3.5.2 dapper ii  kicker-
applets           3.5.2-0ubuntu1

I have a problem when using the applet that does arithmetic evaluation.

I am in french language :
$ locale
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

but entering number with french decimal point (.) triggers a syntax
error in the applet. It works only when using the comma (,).

but the results are given with the right decimal points (.)

example :
7*45.7  ENTER   ==> syntax error
7*45,7 ENTER ==> 319.9   (notice the . which is right)
319.9*2 ENTER ==> syntax error 


I tried after verifying that KDE local are rightly set to french. But defaults for this local is ',' as decimal point. 
Then I changed decimal point to '.' and restarted KDE.
Result is the same syntax error when using arythmetic expression using '.' as decimal.
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applet arythmetic evaluator has problem with national decimal point
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38994