Re: Sterling pound symbol

[robin@cosby.demon.co.uk (Robin Cosby)]

In message <[🔎] 20011218042408.A27942@debian.org> Colin Watson writes:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 08:50:28AM +0000, Robin Cosby wrote:
> > As a newcomer to Debian (I've just installed Version 2.2r4), I'm having
> > difficulty in getting the system to produce the Sterling pound symbol when
> > [SHIFT] 3 is pressed.  Instead, I get a hash (octothorp) symbol plus a
> > new line.
> 
> If you're talking about typing it at a shell prompt, the problem is that
> the pound sterling symbol has its top (eighth) bit set, which bash
> doesn't like in its default configuration. I put the following line in
> ~/.inputrc:
> 
> Meta-#: "\C-v"
> 
> Of course, you still have a problem with getting the  into that file,
> but it's generally easier in editors than at the shell.
> 
> There's almost certainly a better way to do this, probably involving
> input-meta or similar, but the above works for me.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]

Hi Colin,

Many thanks for your prompt response to my plea for help!

Your suggestion works for me, too. 

Best wishes,

-- 
Robin Cosby