Euro Currency Support in the Solaris Operating Environment

2.3.1.1 Sun Keyboard Strategy

Sun has adopted the short-term proposal for the euro currency symbol keyboard location. The euro will be placed at Level 3 and will be generated by pressing AltGraph+e. For national keyboards with contentions (United Kingdom, Ireland, U.S. International), the euro will also be placed at level 3 but will be generated by pressing AltGraph+4. On U.S. International keyboards, the euro can also be generated by pressing AltGraph+5 or AltGraph+e. On keyboards in the United Kingdom, the euro can also be generated by pressing AltGraph+e. The following table summarizes the euro currency symbol location on Sun Type 6 keyboards.

Table 2-2 Euro currency symbol location on Sun Type 6 Keyboards

Type 6 Keyboard 

EU Member 

Location 

U.S. 

No 

AltGraph+4

UNIX 

No 

AltGraph+e

UNIX/Logoless 

No 

AltGraph+e

French 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Danish 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Italian 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Netherlands/Dutch 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Norwegian 

No 

AltGraph+e

Portuguese 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Spanish 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Swedish 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Finnish 

Yes 

AltGraph+e

Swiss/French 

No 

AltGraph+e

Swiss/German 

No 

AltGraph+e

UK 

Yes 

AltGraph+4

Ireland 

Yes 

AltGraph+4