SuSE Linux: Version 7.2
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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.
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.
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)
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.