On Tuesday 17 August 2010 08:28:11 you wrote: > On Friday 06 August 2010 21:13:06 Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am puzzled by this problem. One box of mine seems to be unable to > > > show the GBP sign in OpenOffice. In any OOo application it shows a > > > capital A with umlauts and then shows the £ sign. > > > > > > In the OOo Language Settings I have selected as Default Currency "GBP £ > > > English (UK)" just as I have on two other boxen, which work fine. > > > > > > The locales are the same LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8" on all of them. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Mick > > > > No real idea but possibly: > > > > Different font sets installed? > > > > Incorrect/different font paths in xorg.config? > > > > I don't use OO so I cannot speak to it's internal settings. > > > > Good luck, > > Mark > > I looked at this box again and it transpires that it also has this problem > in Kmail, not just OOo. There don't seem to be any other problems with > the characterset or keyboard, only the GBP sign.
Just adding to this, the £ sign works fine on the console. It is the X applications (including terminals) that seem to have the problem with the '£' sign. -- Regards, Mick
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