Euro symbol again
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XAIPETE!!
The last week there was an interesting discussion about the Euro Symbol
within KDE which I followed with great interest, cause I need it as well. I
also realized that I didn't have the Euro-Symbol anywhere, so I started to
grep the web for info. I managed to make it work on Console (for all those
who are interested in how to do that, see later...) and "X without TrueType".
Here're the details:
As I said, it works fine in console...
I have the xfs-xtt as well as the xfs font-server running (both standard
debian setup). No other fonts in XF86Config-4 given!
Now when I start gtkfontsel I can see (I think so...) all fonts available (I
can select comic sans ms, a microsoft-font, wich is for sure a TT-Font!).
When I choose a ISO-8859-15 font, I can type the "EuroSign" without any
problem. I can even copy it to the Clipboard and I see the correct sign in
Klipper. But I cannot paste it, I get a ' '. I can read Websites and eMails
with the "EuroSign", but I cannot copy and paste it anywhere! And by typung
<AltGr><e> I get that circle over an x, as explained in all the other eMails
before. I do not have the slightest Idea what that could be...
Can anybody help me? Thnx in advance...
Now for all those who want/need the Euro-Symbol on console and did not manage
to get it work at all, here's a summary of what I did (my entries are for
Austria, but they should work for any other Language, as long as it uses
ISO-8859-15):
edit /etc/locale.gen:
de_AT ISO-8859-15
de_AT@euro ISO-8859-15
en_US ISO-8859-1
execute locale-gen
edit /etc/environment:
LC_ALL=de_AT
LANG=de_AT@euro
LANGUAGE=de_AT
LC_CTYPE=de_AT
(some lines might be redundant, so if anyone knows better just tell me!)
Be sure that you chose a "Latin1" Keyboard; If you're not, just exec
"dpkg-reconfigure console-data" and choose an appropriate keyboard (for me:
pc/qwertz/German/Standard/latin1)
edit /etc/console-tools/config:
SCREEN_FONT=lat0-16
Reboot and that's it!!!
Franz
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Wenn auch die Sicherheit vor den Menschen bis zu einem gewissen Grade
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durch Reichtum, so entspringt doch die reinste Sicherheit aus der Ruhe
und dem Rückzug aus der Masse. (Epikur)
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