Re: Euro key
În data de 14/09/2001, 10:10:09, Nicolas SABOURET a scris:
> Hi !
> I'm sorry if this looks like a newbie's question, but I can't have the
> Euro key work, and I'd like to understand the mechanism.
> In X11, I can make a "cent" (?) with AltGr+c but AltGr+e prints:
> - e on Potato
> - nothing on Woody
> and AltGr+$ gives me the strange "currency" sign (round inside a cross).
> How can I fix this ?
1. You need fonts with "euro".
2. You need (maybe) to change your Xmodmap for X and boottime.kmap for
1. The best way is to get ISO8859-15 fonts for X and to used
(open an xterm with: xterm -fn
Euro will be instead of that 'strange "currency" sign'.
2. You can edit the Xmodmap file, mine is in /etc/X11.
Put something like
keycode 0x1A = e E euro euro
keycode 0x1A = e E curency curency
Or open xkeycaps and do the changes you like, save into
a file and add in your .xsession:
> In console, if I "loadkeys euro.inc.gz", I can make the cent, but get a
> square for AltGr+e. Same for Altgr+$ (currency).
> I suppose this is due to a bad console font. How can I fix this ? Will I
> see the "euro" sign or the "currency" stuff ?
For console I sugest you to use the fonty package. When it ask
for configuration tell it to use iso15.
You can edit your default keymap for the console. Mine is
/etc/console/boottime.kmap, but you may have other file.
Inside you should have something like that:
strings as usual
keycode 1 = Escape
keycode 18 = +e +E euro euro
> Please understant that I want to make this work for both woody and
It should work for both.
I wrote somethink about seting a keyboard and some examples
for Romanian keyboard. Maybe you can get a hint:
I hope it help.
- Euro key
- From: Nicolas SABOURET <Nicolas.Sabouret@limsi.fr>