From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Guido Van Hoecke Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: The euro symbol in emacs Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:26:32 +0100 Message-ID: References: <98c72276-50f8-45ea-9fd9-636306b3854e@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417782446 7192 80.91.229.3 (5 Dec 2014 12:27:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 12:27:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Joost Kremers Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 13:27:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwryg-0003iR-Es for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:27:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50059 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwryf-0004Y1-La for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:27:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51766) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwryT-0004Xs-HY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:27:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwryR-0007yC-HB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:27:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vc0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c03::230]:40759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwryR-0007y8-7U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-vc0-f176.google.com with SMTP id hq12so235056vcb.35 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 04:27:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=Bsly4AQRLSEXlu2WsIgvm/NG1tvSTrHp8MyUjDzYqBg=; b=UyxNwIcxPTHiWz7QxSqroyyHujQDwq79cpuoTk4aNKr0iRe/tLfH5om5A8XoV8T8Y1 9Zxrm0RSESC/7beBAP1cljEpZhcrfglZmC7IOa2k2Gw9llSiJshrjAYHwXBlfPTWn/F5 t/nc1W8kdGx4TG4v7KI31D38Rr0hUQuCujCGW/8rslZu98VKJLCWzA8lPXzsxs6TFNuy ZoI1AOI+m+ekexcVoxfwvp/W1GTMppYlOAwbxqTCdAxNX+ZDyvjwFp8a7sjFhus9OmNb O1YpgMsXMs+OABPIS6drMgzhcex8v620Wtcn4Nt+TB9zkRbBRSKjrt6gLPxM7LxK70Ry HypQ== X-Received: by 10.52.134.196 with SMTP id pm4mr6700767vdb.92.1417782422515; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 04:27:02 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.52.98.97 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Dec 2014 04:26:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c03::230 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101419 Archived-At: Joost, You solved my problem. On 5 December 2014 at 11:21, Joost Kremers wrote: > Guido Van Hoecke wrote: > > This sounds like the way to go, but it doen't seem to work. Tried the > > minibuffer-local-map as well as all other minibuffer-*-map maps that ar= e > > listed when completing F1 v minibuffer- > > > > Well, I'll stick with C-X 8 RET 20AC for now... > > IMHO you're going about this the wrong way. What you should probably be > using is an input method (see the Emacs manual for details). If you set > (or customize) the variable `default-input-method' to something like > "latin-9-prefix", you can use C-\ to toggle the input method and then > type the Euro symbol with the sequence =C2=AB~e=C2=BB (without the guille= mets, of > course). This also works in the minibuffer, to the extent it makes sense > (e.g., in isearch-(for|back)ward, etc. The isearch prompt ever tells you > that an input method is active.) The latin-9-prefix input method also > allows you to type other characters, such as =C3=AB, =C3=A9, =C3=A8, =C3= =AF, =C3=A7, etc. > > Another method is to configure your keyboard layout in such a way that > you can type the Euro symbol by using some modifier key. AFAIK in > Windows and OS X this is already configured, though you'll need to find > out which key combo to use. On Window, I think it's AltGr+2 or AltGr+e, > on OS X =E2=8C=A5=E2=87=A72 (option-shift-2). On Linux, you may need to c= onfigure it > yourself, or it may already be set up, depending on your distro / window > manager. > I used the free Ukelele app [1] to remap my rarely used =C2=B1 key to emit = =E2=82=AC and my problem is solved. And as you pointed out, this solution works everywhere. Thank you, and all other people that have been helping in this thread. Guido =E2=80=8B[1] http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=3Dnrsi&id= =3Dukelele=E2=80=8B