On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:22:19AM +0000, Alan Chandler wrote: > I want to get the ability to generate the Euro symbol from my keyboard. The > symbol itself is etched in to the "4" key (on the bottom right). > > I found this > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-euro-support/ch-configure.en.html > > which is (a probably somewhat old) howto on adding the symbol. > > Apart from the fact that is assumes that you should use 'AltGr e' for the > symbol (it points to a non existant EU document), I fall at the first hurdle, > because it suggests running dpkg-reconfigure -plow locales and selecting your > locale with the @euro after it. > > en_GB (being a UK resident) is what I want to set, but there is no @euro > option available. > > So whereto now? > -- Cheat - use the Irish keyboard layout. You want 8059-15 anyway. You _can_ hand hack the keyboard mappings: I seem to recall that the authors of the Spanish package to hack the Euro onto Spanish keyboards had details. UTF-8 will also do it. [Emacs under X displays ¤ as a Euro and alt-gr c as a ¢ but will also still display $ and £]
I think this may answer it? Andy [who just changed to UTF-8 to check it :) ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
