diff -urN main/cfgparser.c main_olo/cfgparser.c
--- main/cfgparser.c	2002-10-06 07:54:12.000000000 +0200
+++ main_olo/cfgparser.c	2002-10-18 16:35:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <math.h>
+
+#ifdef USE_SETLOCALE
+#include <locale.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include "mp_msg.h"
@@ -550,25 +555,22 @@
 		case CONF_TYPE_FLOAT:
 			if (param == NULL)
 				goto err_missing_param;
-
+			/* <olo@altkom.com.pl> Use portable C locale for parsing floats: */
+#ifdef USE_SETLOCALE
+			setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
+#endif
 			tmp_float = strtod(param, &endptr);
 
 			switch(*endptr) {
 			    case ':':
 			    case '/':
 				tmp_float /= strtod(endptr+1, &endptr);
-				break;
-			    case '.':
-			    case ',':
-				/* we also handle floats specified with
-				 * non-locale decimal point ::atmos
-				 */
-				if(tmp_float<0)
-					tmp_float -= 1.0/pow(10,strlen(endptr+1)) * strtod(endptr+1, &endptr);
-				else
-					tmp_float += 1.0/pow(10,strlen(endptr+1)) * strtod(endptr+1, &endptr);
+			    default:
 				break;
 			}
+#ifdef USE_SETLOCALE
+			setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "");
+#endif
 
 			if (*endptr) {
 				mp_msg(MSGT_CFGPARSER, MSGL_ERR, "parameter must be a floating point number"
diff -urN main/input/input.c main_olo/input/input.c
--- main/input/input.c	2002-10-17 17:41:20.000000000 +0200
+++ main_olo/input/input.c	2002-10-18 16:40:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#ifdef USE_SETLOCALE
+#include <locale.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "input.h"
 #include "mouse.h"
 #ifdef MP_DEBUG
@@ -465,7 +469,14 @@
       break;
     case MP_CMD_ARG_FLOAT:
       errno = 0;
+      /* <olo@altkom.com.pl> Use portable C locale for parsing floats: */
+#ifdef USE_SETLOCALE
+      setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
+#endif
       cmd->args[i].v.f = atof(ptr);
+#ifdef USE_SETLOCALE
+      setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "");
+#endif
       if(errno != 0) {
 	mp_msg(MSGT_INPUT,MSGL_ERR,"Command %s : argument %d isn't a float\n",cmd_def->name,i+1);
 	ptr = NULL;