From b83f07fe2e346d88c3b14486002bd387fa4cf302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wmayer <wmayer@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 12:22:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] + workaround for issue with group separator

---
 src/Gui/Application.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index 12a383f16..0fc346895 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ Application::Application(bool GUIenabled)
             throw Base::Exception("Invalid system settings");
         }
 #endif
+        // http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6910
+        // A workaround is to disable the group separator for double-to-string conversion, i.e.
+        // setting the flag 'OmitGroupSeparator'.
+        QLocale loc = QLocale::system();
+        loc.setNumberOptions(QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator);
+        QLocale::setDefault(loc);
 
         // setting up Python binding
         Base::PyGILStateLocker lock;