I could be wrong, but i think this is a kernel issue, as that's where support for different char sets comes in. Since you didn't say which kernel you were running, or where you got that kernel, i'd suggest building a new kernel and explicitly including support for iso8859-15.
--- Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, since I got no response to my last query on the euro (Hoping to > > piggyback off someone else's knowledge or labour) , I have been > digging on > this euro myself > > It's actually in the console, as Alt-GR_e. The trick is to use iso > 8859-15 > fonts. Alt-gr_e is the standard place for it. I also discovered that > scroll > lock gives you the 'compose mode' in linux, which gives me some > marvellous > little thingies > ¹²³¼½¾þø¶æßðjµ¢»« being among them, but no euro. My version of kmail > has > fonts iso8859-1 to iso8859-14 available, but no iso8859-15 :-( > > X fonts, or unicode fonts, are a problem. There is apparently good > reason why > none of the (zero) available characters can be used (!) or none of the > > keystrokes that anyone wants are there, so every maintainer has to > bastardise > something to get it together - when they get around to it. > > The Alt-GR_number system used on windoze is a non runner for some > other > technical, interesting, but frustrayting reason, so that rules out the > > approach of the windoze cp1252. > > What I can't find is a download that gets me to update my fonts here. > Any idea > where there's a patch that works? ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
