Euro key on console

Sipos · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject: Euro key on console

I'm trying to get the euro symbol on the console (outside X). My keyboard is a UK keyboard with the euro symbol on the 4 key. If I press Ctrl-Alt-4 nothing happens. My console font is set to lat9w-16 (following advice here) in /etc/conf.d/consolefont. My keymap is set to uk in /etc/conf.d/keymaps. Both are in the boot runlevel. I've tried setting EXTENDED_KEYMAPS="euro" in /etc/conf.d/keymaps but it makes no difference.

Anybody have any ideas?

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

Here's one way:

Sipos · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks.

I was hoping to be able to type it directly (into editors for example). I know this is possible because I can do it on another machine. Unfortunately, I can't see the problem with my settings. I can do this in windows on the same machine but I guess it is possible the keyboard works differently.

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

You could do something like this:

Sipos · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:29 pm Post subject:

I guess this only applies in X right?

I am trying to get this to work outside of X at the moment (although this could be very useful if I encounter the same trouble getting it to work in X too).

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

There is something about that in the Using UTF-8 with Gentoo guide, down toward the end of the page, but I never tried it.