Localization/Guide/The Euro symbol

OpenRC
In order to get your console to display the Euro symbol, you will need to set the consolefont variable in to a file found in  (without the  ). has the Euro symbol.

For more details see the consolefont section in Sakaki's EFI Install Guide.

You should verify that the service is in the boot runlevel:

If no runlevel is displayed for, then add it to the proper level:

Most applications
Getting the Euro symbol to work properly in X is a little bit tougher. The first thing you should do is change the fixed and variable definitions in to end in   instead of.

Some applications use their own font, and you will have to tell them separately to use a font with the Euro symbol. You can do this at a user-specific level in (you can copy this file to  for use by new users), or at a global level for any application with a resource file in  (like xterm). In these files you generally have to change an existing line, rather than adding a new one. To change our xterm font, for instance:

The Euro symbol in (X)Emacs
To use the Euro symbol in (X)Emacs, add the following to :

For XEmacs (not plain Emacs), you have to add the following line in :