From f32caef40c6eb0a1a634906244f3389c77d2f5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Hoogen <github@sebastianhoogen.de>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 17:24:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] respect locale environment except for LC_NUMERIC

fixes #1852
---
 src/Main/MainCmd.cpp | 6 +-----
 src/Main/MainGui.cpp | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
index b35683f7a..b70d5259f 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
@@ -67,12 +67,8 @@ const char sBanner[] = "(c) Juergen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre 2001-2
 int main( int argc, char ** argv )
 {
     // Make sure that we use '.' as decimal point
-#if defined(FC_OS_LINUX)
-    putenv("LANG=C");
-    putenv("LC_ALL=C");
-#else
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
-#endif
 
     // Name and Version of the Application
     App::Application::Config()["ExeName"] = "FreeCAD";
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index 558480ee2..26d96d11c 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -191,13 +191,11 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
     QFile::setDecodingFunction(myDecoderFunc);
     // Make sure that we use '.' as decimal point. See also
     // http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559846
-    putenv("LANG=C");
-    putenv("LC_ALL=C");
+    putenv("LC_NUMERIC=C");
     putenv("PYTHONPATH=");
 #elif defined(FC_OS_MACOSX)
     (void)QLocale::system();
-    putenv("LANG=C");
-    putenv("LC_ALL=C");
+    putenv("LC_NUMERIC=C");
     putenv("PYTHONPATH=");
 #else
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");