PT-Run calculator: disable number formats for the input about powertoys HOT 3 OPEN

Update: I started debugging and it looks like the problem lies in the NumberTranslator class that (as used here) formats the numbers to confirm with the chosen locale, and not just CalculateEngine as I first thought - so my test number 123.4567,89 reads as 123.456789 right after var input is created in main.cs. I am actually not sure how to fix it without turning off the "translate to locale" system for the calculator module, which I presume is there for a reason.

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@evinnichenko
There is a plugin setting to choose if you need English or regional input format. (PT Settings > PowerToys Run > Plugins > Calculator plugin > Expand plugin settings)

(Supporting both at the same time is a problem as we don't know if the user means decimal separation or thousand separation.)

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@htcfreek, that's exactly the problem though. The setting you are talking about overrides local number formatting, forcing en-US (that is, demanding 123,456.789 instead of e.g. 123 456,789). My computer already has en-US number formatting set, so all numbers read with , as thousand separator and . as decimal separator, irrespective of the layout. Problem is, in RU layout . is bound to different key (.> in ANSI, /? in Russian, comma also moves from ,< to Shift + /?) and numpad's . sends a , instead, so with or without that setting typing a decimal using muscle memory with wrong language turned on would result in bad number format and calculator failing. My suggestion was to give user another option, direct opposite of the one you are talking about, to ignore the formatting at all and make use of the fact that Mages apparently can read numbers without thousand separators. Probably done by changing input in Main.cs around line 99, along with other flag-dependent actions and before it gets sent to Mages.

Speaking of, do you know where I can find a) how to properly set an option flag (couldn't find the locale files to enter my own description and could use a formal process for doing it) and b) how to fix a chain of "failed to load XXX.dll" alert windows on debug startup from VS?

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