[sclug] The Euro Sign (Solved (Well almost :-) )

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On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Tom Dawes-Gamble wrote:

> $ cat .Xmodmap
> keycode 0x0c = 3  numbersign sterling
> keycode 0x0d = 4  dollar EuroSign
> keycode 0x71 = Mode_switch
> 
> that seems to work as I want it to.  But I'd like to do it globaly.  

/etc/X11/Xmodmap then.

> > Personally, though, I prefer to enable the right Windows key as a compose
> > key:
> > <http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&threadm=pan.2003.10.09.10.18.37.41228%40ntlworld.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dalex%2Bbutcher%2Bpc105%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26scoring%3Dd%26selm%3Dpan.2003.10.09.10.18.37.41228%2540ntlworld.com%26rnum%3D1>
> > for details.
> > 
> 
> This is good stuff IF you have a UK keyboard.  I don't it's a 
> US keyboard with '#' over the '3' and '@' over '2' so the UK/US layout
> is very different.

Why would that make any difference?

Can't you just use pc105 + us  instead of pc105 + gb ? That should work the
same way?

> > Doing so allows me to enter a euro sign by typing:
> > 
> > R Win (release), = (release), e
> > 
> > and a sterling symbol by typing
> > 
> > R Win (release), = (release), l
> > 
> > Both easy to remember (or work out!) in terms the shapes of the characters.
> > Accented characters work as you expect, using ',~*^`"-/ characters, and
> > digraphs (such as the German double-s, the combined 'ae' in encylopaedia or
> > the old english 'thorn' character) can be typed by using r.win, char, char
> > (e.g. r.win, a, e)
> > 
> 
> The thing that really pisses me off it that I found the solution for
> windows 2002 in about 15 minutes.  OK it's not as elegant as the
> Linux/S-Windows solution but that has taken hours and may still have
> some gotchas.  Then I have to do the solution on every box.  
> 
> With the way windows does it I can go to any PC and key <alt>156 or
> <alt>0128 and it works.

You find remembering random ASCII codes easier than the shapes of the
characters you want to type? You strange person, you!

> Tom.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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