On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Archie Maskill wrote: > To answer my own post.... > > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:23:10 +0000, Archie Maskill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to get the SHIFT+3 combination to produce the sterling > > symbol in the console. It works just fine in Firefox and other > > applications, but not in terminal windows, so I think it's a > > console-related problem. > > It's something to do with the pound sterling symbol having its 8th bit > set, which sits rather uncomfortably with bash. > > I found this explanation: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/12/msg02977.html > > It involves adding a line to ~/.initrc, though this doesn't appear to > make any kind of difference for me. Will keep experimenting... >
Didn't see your original post, might be that you need to set a latin1 (or latin0/9 if you want to see euros too) font. Alternatively, http://www.kenmoffat.uklinux.net has uk keytables for the iBook2 for the versions of console-tools and kbd that were current when I got my iBook. Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce
