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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