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# 5. The Euro in the X Window System

With default configuration AltGr-e (the right Alt for those who have no AltGr) produces the generic currency symbol which looks like a four legged spider. When the font of the program is changed to a ISO-8859-15 font the currency symbol is replaced by the Euro symbol. In Debian this can be achieved by adding line

         .XTerm.VT100.font: -jmk-neep alt-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15

to the file `/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm`. The fonts available in distributions and installations vary.

If AltGr-e does not work add line

       keycode 26 = e E EuroSign

to the file /etc/X11/Xmodmap

## 5.1. KDE

Change the font setting in KControl to ISO-8859-15.

## 5.2. GTK and Gnome

Change the font setting in Gnome Control Center to ISO-8859-15.

A better way of doing this is changing the system wide GTK+ configuration with commands

    cd /etc/gtk
    ln -s gtkrc.iso-8859-15 gtkrc

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