Display float axis labels with dots instead of commas

Question

Is it possible to display the axis labels on a xmgrace plot as 0.5 instead of 0,5, which is what I get by default? Thank you!

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible. You need to set your machine's locale so that it uses the right decimal separator. From the command line just use

LC_ALL=C xmgrace

or set up an alias.

Have a look at the answers to this question for more details.

Answer 2

This other option worked for me:

If digital marks are wrong (“,” instead of “.”), type export LC_NUMERIC=C at the terminal xmgrace is run from.

I found here: https://ddcampayo.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/xmgrace/