From: Thomas Jost <schnouki@schnouki.net>
To: Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] emacs: Change the default thousands separator to a space
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:44:19 +0100
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Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
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This had been discussed and decided on IRC.

Rationale:
  Therefore the space is recommended in the SI/ISO 31-0 standard, and the
  International Bureau of Weights and Measures states that "for numbers with
  many digits the digits may be divided into groups of three by a thin space, in
  order to facilitate reading. Neither dots nor commas are inserted in the
  spaces between groups of three".

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Digit_grouping)
---
 emacs/notmuch-hello.el |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
index ef585ea..878d92a 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ So:
 	  (integer :tag "Number of characters")
 	  (float :tag "Fraction of window")))
 
-(defcustom notmuch-hello-thousands-separator ","
+(defcustom notmuch-hello-thousands-separator " "
   "The string used as a thousands separator.
 
-Typically \",\" in the US and UK and \".\" in Europe."
+Typically \",\" in the US and UK and \".\" or \" \" in Europe.
+The latter is recommended in the SI/ISO 31-0 standard and by the
+International Bureau of Weights and Measures."
   :group 'notmuch
   :type 'string)
 
-- 
1.7.8