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Change the thousands separator from comma to a space in the i18n/french.lang file

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Description

It is more common in french to separate the thousands with spaces than using a comma. I was wondering if this modification could be made.

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Open i18n/french.lang and compare its thousands-separator setting with the linked french.txt modification. Update the separator from a comma to a space, then verify that the French locale uses spaces when formatting thousands.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
localization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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