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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: I need currency information, folks!
From:       Martin Jones <mjones () powerup ! com ! au>
Date:       1997-08-21 9:55:41
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Alan Daniels wrote:
> 
> To everybody:
> 
> Hello there. I'm working as part of the team making "KDE Personal
> Financial Assistant", the Quicken clone, and as a part of this,
> we are making sure that it can handle all sorts of currency types.
> 
> As part of this, I'd appreciate it if you all would e-mail me a
> description of what your home country's currency looks like.
> All of this is for giving a drop-down list of all of the major
> countries, and the currencies they use. I'm an American you see,
> and I don't get out of the country much. :=)
> 
> What I need is this:
>   * The country name.
>   * The name of the currency, single version.
>   * The name of the currency, plural version.
>   * The symbol to use for the currency.
>   * What to use for the thousands separator.
>   * What to use for the decimal separator.
>   * How many decimal places are shown, typically.
> 
> As an example, here's one for the USA:
>   * Country = "United States".
>   * Single name = "Dollar".
>   * Plural name = "Dollars".
>   * Symbol = "$".
>   * Thousands separator: Comma.
>   * Decimal separator: Period.
>   * Number of places: 2.
>   * An example: "$ 1,234.56"
> 
> I've got the US already (obviously), but I need the info
> for the other countries. If you guys could e-mail me this
> sort of stuff, I'd appreciate it. While I'm at it, does
> anybody know how to get Emacs to generate a "pound sign"
> (british L) in text?
> 

For Australia, see above ( except * Country = "Australia" ).

-- 
bye,
Martin Jones
mjones@kde.org

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