Re: ISO-8859-15 and Euro currency

["J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)" <jhm@cistron.nl>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 15:13:47 +0100, J Horacio MG wrote:
> CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y
> CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
> CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=y

This is used only when interpreting Unicode filenames on some MicroSoft
filesystems AFAIK.

> LANGUAGE=es:en
> LC_ALL=es_ES
> LANG=spanish
> MM_CHARSET=ISO-8859-15
> export LANGUAGE LC_ALL LANG MM_CHARSET
> 
> so to be able to read/write the new euro currency sign, I put in
> /etc/kbd/default.map:
> 
> keycode  18 = e
>         control keycode 18 = currency

You can now input the character. However, you still need to set your font
to an 8859-15 one.

HTH,
Ray
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