Description: Help for Writer, topic "Formula", section "More Defined Values" [1]: ------------------------------------------- Description Name Value PI PI 3.1415... Euler's constant E 2.71828... ------------------------------------------- In case of local Help, the decimal separator in both mathematical constants should be adapted to the specific country (locale). It seemed possible in LibreOffice 3.3.0.4 - cf. the attached file. [1] https://help.libreoffice.org/24.2/en-US/text/swriter/02/14020000.html?&DbPAR=WRITER Steps to Reproduce: ⠀ Actual Results: ⠀ Expected Results: ⠀ Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: ⠀
Created attachment 196423 [details] Help for 3.3.0.4 vs 24.2.6.2 - decimal separator
Olivier: I noticed it started from: db901dd0afc1029f3b9b801410de9ad75df05cb2 Mute l10n translations of writer function names (in 2020). I can submit a patch to revert partially this one and remove "localize="false"" for the concerned strings, what do you think?
The decimal separator is only determined by the system default language, if the language in the number format of the table cell is set to "Default". Otherwise the decimal separator is determined by the language that is set in the number format. So you can have a dot as separator in one cell and a comma in another cell. So instead of allowing translation, I would add a hint to "Number Format" (help/en-US/text/shared/01/05020300.html ?) to the page.
Also consider adding an appropriate note in Calc Help for EXP, LN, and IMLN. In the description of these functions one reads: "The constant e has a value of approximately 2.71828182845904."