Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: The Euro-symbol | Date | Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:00:48 +0000 | From | Tethys <> |
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>Eventhough I'm quite convinced that EMU is evil(tm) and will collapse >soon, it still has caught a lot of business-people in its grip. And as of >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 >kernel, together with the proper symbol in the character-set? (I haven't >got a clue what sign is replaced...) > >It should be quite easy to fix, and it's a good way to avoid Micro$oft >spreading FUD about Linux not being ready for EMU...
There's a patch on freshmeat today to add support for the Euro. There's also an Ask Slashdot feature about it with some useful information in the replies.
http://news.freshmeat.net/1998/11/16/#911245643 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=98/11/14/1412241
Tet
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