Eurosign does not appear after Update to SuSE 7.2

Support knowledgebase (jkoeke_euro)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.2
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Request:

You have made an update to SuSE Linux 7.2 but the use of the Euro sign with the key combination ALT GR - E fails.

Please note that not all locales have support for the Euro symbol. To find out wich locale settings do offer support for the Euro, you can run the command locale.

For SuSE Linux 7.2 you will find:

  tux:~ # locale --all-locale | grep euro
  ca_ES@euro
  de_AT@euro
  de_BE@euro
  de_DE@euro
  de_LU@euro
  en_IE@euro
  es_ES@euro
  eu_ES@euro
  fi_FI@euro 
  fr_BE@euro
  fr_FR@euro
  fr_LU@euro
  ga_IE@euro
  gl_ES@euro
  it_IT@euro
  nl_BE@euro
  nl_NL@euro
  pt_PT@euro
  sv_FI@euro

You may want to follow the instructions given in "Euro symbol support for countries outside the Euro zone" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/jkoeke_foreign_euro.html) in case there is no suitable locale for your country.

Procedure:

Please start YaST as user root and select:

Look for the entry 'RC_LANG' by using key F4.
Set this variable to 'en_IE@euro' (or whatever locale is suitable for you).
Leave the configuration file editor by pressing F10.

Select 'Set the console font' in the YaST menu.
Switch the setting to 'lat9w-16.psfu.gz' and leave YaST.

Setup euro-symbol-support for your printer

If you want to use the eurosymbol on your printer you have to set the right encoding for your printerfilter (apsfilter).

Please add at the end of the appropriate filter file /etc/apsfilterrc... the following line:

ENCODING="ISO-8859-15"

The correct /etc/apsfilterrc... file is

/etc/apsfilterrc.y2prn_SPOOLQUEUE.upp

where 'SPOOLQUEUE' is 'lp' for the standard printer queue or, if you configured another printer queue, the name of that queue.

See also "Installing a printer since SuSE Linux 6.4 and up to 7.3" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/jsmeix_print-einrichten-64.html)

Setup Euro support for KDE

Start to KDE control center

and change the value iso-8859-1 to iso-8859-15.

Additionally, you may have to change to iso-8859-15 in some applications (e.g. Konqueror) in order to use the Euro symbol there.


Keywords: EURO, ISO8859, SIGN, SYMBOL

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