Re: The Euro-symbol

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:57:00 +0000 (GMT)


> the 1st of January 1999, the Euro will be an official currency in several
> countries in Europe. Therefore, AltGr + E has been assigned as the
> standard key to display the Euro-symbol. Will this make it into the v2.2

(Not all keymaps - its alt-gr-4 in the UK and alt-gr-5 (afaik) in the USA)

> kernel, together with the proper symbol in the character-set? (I haven't
> got a clue what sign is replaced...)

The unused "international money symbol". See the Linux/EMU mini howto
and there are also some pieces on freshmeat as of a few days ago

Alan

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