[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: EURO patch



Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> For those of you not aware of european news, the countries that have
> joined the European Union are moving towards a common currency, called
> the "euro". For Linux that means we have to include a new symbol in our
> charsets, and map it to some key (Meta-e, IIRC) in our keymaps. And we
> must do it soon, as the transition from the old to the new currency is
> starting next January, and will be finished in two years.

Argl.  Meta-e is a-ring, a common Swedish letter.  Couldn't they have
picked something more obscure?  Replacing the pound symbol would have
been good; the pound will be replaced anyway.  *duck*

Richard Braakman


Reply to: