How do I make a pound sign?
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
On Thursday 08 July 2004 00:10, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this?
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Perhaps you already have this: Control Center -> Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout Check 'Enable keyboard layouts' Add U.S. English w/ deadkeys Click Apply In the taskbar, select the 'U.S. English w/ deadkeys' keyboard Then: - press the 'Compose'-key (<Shift>-<Alt>, hold down <Shift> while pressing <Alt>) - press '=' (*Nothing* should appear now) - press 'L' (Pound sign should appear) Cheers, Leen
Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Thursday 08 July 2004 00:10, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this?
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Perhaps you already have this: Control Center -> Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout
Check 'Enable keyboard layouts' Add U.S. English w/ deadkeys
Click Apply
In the taskbar, select the 'U.S. English w/ deadkeys' keyboard
Then: - press the 'Compose'-key (<Shift>-<Alt>, hold down <Shift> while pressing <Alt>) - press '=' (*Nothing* should appear now) - press 'L' (Pound sign should appear)
Cheers,
Leen
Thanks so much!!! That worked! -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
On Thursday 08 July 2004 01:32, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Thursday 08 July 2004 00:10, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this?
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Perhaps you already have this: Control Center -> Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout
Check 'Enable keyboard layouts' Add U.S. English w/ deadkeys
Click Apply
In the taskbar, select the 'U.S. English w/ deadkeys' keyboard
Then: - press the 'Compose'-key (<Shift>-<Alt>, hold down <Shift> while pressing <Alt>) - press '=' (*Nothing* should appear now) - press 'L' (Pound sign should appear)
Thanks so much!!!
That worked!
Great! :D Cheers, Leen
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
My Brit friends can do <shift>-3, but I get a "#" character. What is the "gr" in <alt-gr>? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
My Brit friends can do <shift>-3, but I get a "#" character.
What is the "gr" in <alt-gr>?
Hard question.. :) It's the key in the middle of your <space> key and your right <ctrl> key.. To the right of your <space>. At least if you have a 102-105 key keyboard. Some older keyboards can use <shift><alt> instead, so try a <shift><alt>3. Anders.
Well, I have tried your suggestions, , not that I need to make a pound sign (I assume you mean the denomination of English currency, not the sharp sign) and the funny-looking L does not appear. I don't need it myself, but it would help if _your_ help helped. I don't know what alt-gr means, and probably only 10% of the people reading this do either, but I tried the left and right CTRL keys in various combinations with and without the shift key, the alt key, etc., and no funny-looking L. I don't know how to get a Euro sign either, but that would be a lot more useful, IMO. --doug On Wednesday 07 July 2004 18:10, Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
On Thursday 08 July 2004 00:40, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Well, I have tried your suggestions, , not that I need to make a pound sign (I assume you mean the denomination of English currency, not the sharp sign) and the funny-looking L does not appear. I don't need it myself, but it would help if _your_ help helped. I don't know what alt-gr means, and probably only 10% of the people reading this do either, but I tried the left and right CTRL keys in
Sorry, my bad. ;) Hold down <Left-or-Right-Shift>, then press <Right-Alt>. Mind the keyboard layout as I mentioned earier. Does not work with a plain U.S. keyboard layout. Works for me (tm). (/etc/X11/Xmodmap suggests <Shift>-<R-Ctrl>, but that does not work on my keyboard) BTW, to complicate things further (at least for me ;), Control Center -> Regional & accessibility -> Keyboard Shortcuts, the 'Modifier Keys' tab, has also a surprise...
various combinations with and without the shift key, the alt key, etc., and no funny-looking L. I don't know how to get a Euro sign either, but that would be a lot more useful, IMO.
Workaround: The KCharSelect Application, 'K-Menu' -> Utitilies -> Desktop (package kdeutils3-extra) Cheers, Leen
<snip all for ease> Got it to work, quite simple: ££££££! :) Under Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout -> Add United Kingdom Apply... You should have a flag icon appear bottom right...Right click and select United Kingdom. Shift-3 will then work. Matt
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 16:20, Matthew wrote:
<snip all for ease>
Got it to work, quite simple:
££££££! :)
Under Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout -> Add United Kingdom
Apply...
You should have a flag icon appear bottom right...Right click and select United Kingdom. Shift-3 will then work.
Interesting I see the symbol in this email but did not Add United Kingdom so perhaps the symbol is being translated by evolution. CWSIV
* Carl William Spitzer IV
££££££! :)
Interesting I see the symbol in this email but did not Add United Kingdom so perhaps the symbol is being translated by evolution.
Nope, evolution does *not* do translation. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 18:58, Leendert Meyer wrote:
Workaround: The KCharSelect Application, 'K-Menu' -> Utitilies -> Desktop (package kdeutils3-extra)
Well, I have no (package kdeutils3-extra) in my K-Menu->Utilities->Desktop. I only have 3 programs, and none of them look like this. The programs I have are Popup notes (KNotes) Desktop Pager (KPager) and Screen Capture (KSnapshot) and the only one I know anything about is KSnapshot which works like garbage, it is infinitely sloooooooow! doug
Cheers,
Leen
* Doug McGarrett
Well, I have no (package kdeutils3-extra) in my K-Menu->Utilities->Desktop. I only have 3 programs, and none of them look like this. The programs I have are Popup notes (KNotes) Desktop Pager (KPager) and Screen Capture (KSnapshot) and the only one I know anything about is KSnapshot which works like garbage, it is infinitely sloooooooow!
Perhaps you should install kdeutils3-extra from cd/dvd. It's a package, as you mentioned, not a program. <rant> Think that will sloooooow garbage will help you learn how to make the 'english pound sign'? People, everyboddy. Bad-mouthing the distro in whole or part is *not* condusive to obtaining understanding, explanation or help. If you don't like the distro, instead of bad-mouthing it, quit the list and get a different distro. My ancient 733 system takes about 3 seconds for an entire 1280x1024 screen shot. Perhaps you have it configured wrong or are not using it properly. </rant> It must be beer time. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Shift 3 gives you the "#", not the pound sign, which looks somewhat like an "L". Also, what the heck is <alt-gr>?
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 17:43, James Knott wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Shift 3 gives you the "#", not the pound sign,
Uh, isn't that the international sign for Pound? Like the alternative for the Umlaut, for example in in the German language. Greetings /bill
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 16.41, Bill Wisse wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 17:43, James Knott wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Shift 3 gives you the "#", not the pound sign,
Uh, isn't that the international sign for Pound?
No, it is the US sign for Pound http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutsymbols/hashsymbol?view=uk
Like the alternative for the Umlaut, for example in in the German language.
alternative for umlaut???
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 18:49, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 16.41, Bill Wisse wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 17:43, James Knott wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Shift 3 gives you the "#", not the pound sign,
Uh, isn't that the international sign for Pound?
No, it is the US sign for Pound
Well, I guess one is never to old to learn, I didn't know that. I always thought that when they mentioned "Pound", it referred to the English Pound ( money)
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutsymbols/hashsymbol?view=uk
Like the alternative for the Umlaut, for example in in the German language.
alternative for umlaut???
What I mean is, if you don't have the Umlaut sign on your keyboard, you use for example oe instead of o (with an umlaut). greetings /bill
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 21:49, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 16.41, Bill Wisse wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 17:43, James Knott wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Shift 3 gives you the "#", not the pound sign,
Uh, isn't that the international sign for Pound?
No, it is the US sign for Pound
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutsymbols/hashsymbol?view=uk
Like the alternative for the Umlaut, for example in in the German language.
alternative for umlaut???
Actually there is an alternative to the umlaut, but it's clumsy and it looks funny if you're used to reading German. If you don't have any umlauts, you can put an "e" after the letter that should have the umlaut. You can recognize that in some German family names in the US, like Jaeger, Fruehauf, Roentgen, etc. Now, if only my German was better. . . . --doug
On Thursday 08 July 2004 23.28, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Roentgen, etc.
Shouldn't Röntgen americanize his name to X-ray? In any case, all keyboards are capable of producing umlauts and just about every other character there is. If I can type æ or ł, you should be able to do an ü. There's no excuse :)
Bill Wisse wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 17:43, James Knott wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? --
<shift>-3 or <alt-gr>-3
Shift 3 gives you the "#", not the pound sign,
Uh, isn't that the international sign for Pound? Like the alternative for the Umlaut, for example in in the German language.
Greetings /bill
Not the British currency Pound Sterling sign. -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
* Anders Johansson
Also, what the hell is a heck?
A more socially acceptable substitute for 'hell', but shit is shit any way you smell it. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 06:16 pm, Jim Sabatke wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke
Normally the US keyboard works for most things without changing any of the keyboard layouts as Leen suggested. With 9.1 though, I had to do some searching to get the special characters I had become accustomed to in previous versions. You can find all your "Compose" keys/special characters in the file here: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-15/Compose To activate them, all that is needed is to press the right shift key & right Win key together (multi-key) then the key combination. ₤ = pound, multi-key + L + = € = euro, multi-key + E + = ë ö á ® © 90° You get the picture. ;o) Lee -- --- KMail v1.6.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 20:13, BandiPat wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 06:16 pm, Jim Sabatke wrote:
I've got a US keyboard (I do live there after all), but I sometimes need to make the English currency sign. Can I do this? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke
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Normally the US keyboard works for most things without changing any of the keyboard layouts as Leen suggested. With 9.1 though, I had to do some searching to get the special characters I had become accustomed to in previous versions. You can find all your "Compose" keys/special characters in the file here: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-15/Compose
/snip/ suppose I don't _have_ a right Win key? Which I don't. I have an old IBM keyboard which beats anything they sell today. Noisy but nice! --doug
To activate them, all that is needed is to press the right shift key & right Win key together (multi-key) then the key combination.
₤ = pound, multi-key + L + = € = euro, multi-key + E + =
Do you mean you need the plus signs, and the = or not? Assuming I have a work-around for not having useless Win keys. . . .
ë ö á ® © 90°
You get the picture. ;o)
Lee -- --- KMail v1.6.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
* Doug McGarrett
/snip/ suppose I don't _have_ a right Win key? Which I don't. I have an old IBM keyboard which beats anything they sell today. Noisy but nice!
xkeycaps xmodmap man files are available google also works -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 08:23 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote: [...]
Normally the US keyboard works for most things without changing any of the keyboard layouts as Leen suggested. With 9.1 though, I had to do some searching to get the special characters I had become accustomed to in previous versions. You can find all your "Compose" keys/special characters in the file here: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-15/Compose
/snip/ suppose I don't _have_ a right Win key? Which I don't. I have an old IBM keyboard which beats anything they sell today. Noisy but nice! --doug
To activate them, all that is needed is to press the right shift key & right Win key together (multi-key) then the key combination.
₤ = pound, multi-key + L + = € = euro, multi-key + E + =
Do you mean you need the plus signs, and the = or not? Assuming I have a work-around for not having useless Win keys. . . .
ok, multi-key L = £ Is that better? ;o) Lee -- --- KMail v1.6.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
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