Re: what does stringWithFormat: %g doing? (Windows question)

[Lloyd Dupont]

Just figured out the source of the problem!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Dupont" <lloyd@nova-mind.com>
To: "GNUstep Discussion" <discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:36 PM
Subject: what does stringWithFormat: %g doing? (Windows question)


> Looking at NSGeometry I found that:
> ===
> NSString*
> NSStringFromRect(NSRect aRect)
> {
>  setupCache();
>  if (GSMacOSXCompatibleGeometry() == YES)
>    return [NSStringClass stringWithFormat:
>      @"{{%g, %g}, {%g, %g}}",
>      aRect.origin.x, aRect.origin.y, aRect.size.width, aRect.size.height];
>  else
>    return [NSStringClass stringWithFormat:
>      @"{x = %g; y = %g; width = %g; height = %g}",
>      aRect.origin.x, aRect.origin.y, aRect.size.width, aRect.size.height];
> }
> ===
>
> Thta raises 2 questions:
> 1. what is GSMacOSXCompatibleGeometry() ? is it always TRUE/YES?
> 2. what is the %g format?
> I ask that because one application I have written which parses this 
> string, fails on my dad's computer (which is France) but succeed here (in 
> Australia), so I was wondering if there was some kind of 
> internationalizatino involved?
>
>
> Regards,
> Lloyd Dupont
>
> NovaMind development team
> NovaMind Software
> Mind Mapping Software
> <www.nova-mind.com>
>
>
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