This section applies to users of English language locales only.
Characters such as £ and ¢ are not displayed on all types of keyboard. However, if you are using a code set that supports the character you require, you can use special key compose sequences to insert the required character in a document. For example, to compose the e acute symbol (é), you press the Compose key, followed by the e key, followed by the ' (apostrophe) key.
The commonly used ISO 8859-1, or “ISO Latin-1” code set provides most of the commonly used characters for Western European languages. For a table containing the Compose Key Sequences for ISO 8859-1 see Appendix C, Compose Key Sequences.
For information on displaying, manipulating and printing text from CTL (Complex Text Layout) locales such as Thai and Hebrew, see Appendix D, Locale Notes.
Established code sets such as ISO Latin-1 do not support the Euro symbol: They will not enable you to create the symbol in a document; they will not display the symbol.
To create or display the Euro symbol, you need to be running one of the following:
an ISO 8859–15 based code set such as en_US.8859–15 or en_UK.8859–15 (shipped with Solaris 7 Operating Environment and compatible versions)
A UTF-8 code set (commonly used by multilingual users) such as en_US.UTF-8 or en_GB.UTF-8.
Table 1–1 shows the placement of the Euro on Sun Type 6 keyboards:
Table 1–1 Placement of Euro on Sun Type 6 Keyboards
Type 6 Keyboards |
Euro Placement |
---|---|
US |
AltGraph+4 |
UNIX |
AltGraph-E |
UNIX/Logoless |
AltGraph-E |
French |
AltGraph-E |
Danish |
AltGraph-E |
Italian |
AltGraph-E |
Netherlands/Dutch |
AltGraph-E |
Norwegian |
AltGraph-E |
Portuguese |
AltGraph+E |
Spanish |
AltGraph-E |
Swedish |
AltGraph-E |
Finnish |
AltGraph-E |
Swiss/French |
AltGraph-E |
Swiss/German |
AltGraph-E |
UK (Ireland) |
AltGraph-E |
Two additional methods exist for typing the Euro in UTF-8 locales.
Unicode Hexadecimal code input method
To generate the Euro, type the Unicode value for this symbol: U+20AC
Table Lookup Method
Activate this method by pressing Compose, followed by Ctrl+I. Select Latin from the list of possible scripts, and choose the Euro from the table of characters.