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I should also add: before doing this I looked everywhere in the available customisation sections within QGIS Desktop and could not find anywhere this variable/default could be changed.</div>
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Ideally, it would be great if users could simply have a field legend window where we could select or change the preferred default number separator - this way everyone can be happy and there'd be no need to dig through or hack code.</div>
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<b>From:</b> Dylan Chenoweth <dylanchenoweth@outlook.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 10 April 2024 9:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> qgis-community-team@lists.osgeo.org <qgis-community-team@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Att Werner Macho - suggested AU/EU language translation.</div>
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Hello Werner,</div>
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I understand there is currently no Australian language conversion for QGIS. I've suggested this translation be added to through the Transifex QGIS Desktop page.</div>
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However, it may not be necessary to have a full translation for AU since we mostly adopt UK English anyway. But the reason I came across the translation option was born from a very simple requirement which I'll point out below...</div>
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In the legend/symbol ranges for classified symbols, the default range seperator is a hyphen (-) which is incorrect for describing ranges. Additionally, negative numbers are also listed using a hyphen (-).</div>
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sign (but not identical - it sits lower than a minus or en-dash). Number ranges should be separated by an en-dash (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">β</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">).
This helps visually identify the difference between numbers being negatives or math equations, vs ranges. The below summarises the differences:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">β β β [hyphen, minus, en-dash]</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββnegative 100 to positive 100</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(200, 38, 19);">QGIS current default range:β</span>ββββββββββββββ<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">β</span>100
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">β</span> 100</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(220, 190, 34);">Range using just math symbol for minus:βββ</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">β</span>100 β
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<span style="color: rgb(12, 136, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Range using math minus and en-dash:</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ββββββ100 β 100</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Range using just en-dash separatorββββββββ-</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">100 β 100</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Below is an example of the three differences in QGIS:</span></div>
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QGIS current default range:β</div>
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Range using just math symbol for minus:</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><u>Range using math minus and en-dash:</u></b></span></div>
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I also acknowledge there is a need to keep legends visually easy to read, and adding the minus and en-dash results in longer-spanning number ranges than those that have positive values.</div>
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For this reason, I believe it may still be beneficial to retain the hyphen for negative numbers to keep the spanning label short a little more in-line with the positive values. However, I strongly believe the range seperator default should be replaced with
an en-dash, to clearly show the difference between it being a range and a math operator. This example is shown below in full with positive values below for reference</div>
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I am keen to hear you and the team's thoughts - looking forward to your reply, thankyou.</div>
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This is further discussed on the Australian Government's website: <a href="https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conventions/punctuation/dashes" id="OWA7729b773-8bcf-e6aa-1090-986e3efce98b" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">
Dashes | Style Manual</a> -and is published as the correct use of the en-dash vs hyphen/minus in many other online sources.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);">En dashes are half the width of the font height. Use them as a type of punctuation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);">Donβt use an en dash instead of a minus sign. Screen readers will read dashes as dashes, not as the minus sign.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(12, 136, 42);"><b><u>In Unicode, the en dash is U+2013.</u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);">To make sure screen readers read the minus sign, use the mathematical symbol for minus. In Unicode, this is U+2212.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);">Donβt confuse the dash or the minus symbol for a
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