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.