gnucash-1.8.1; Euro sign and german texts/menus don't work

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 15:39, Burkard Meyendriesch wrote:
> On 14 Feb 2003 15:23:38 -0500 Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 15:16, Burkard Meyendriesch wrote:
> > > 
> > > Okay, thanks a lot! The bug with the international menus and
> > > messages is fixed in gnucash-1.8.1_1. Everything works fine
> > > except this damned Euro char @#!
> > 
> > Not sure.  I can definitely print a euro char in a gnucash text field.
> > 
> > My German is, well, non-existent, so it's tough to navigate around the
> > fields, but it looks like the euro char might not be used.  Have you
> > verified that the FreeBSD port is, in fact, different from the same
> > app running on Linux?
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> 
> Hmm, input and echo of the Euro char works fine in the account input..
> It does not work in the reports where the same key input (AltGr + E)
> is echoed as this funny circle with four dots around it. I think it's
> a matter of different char sets. Do you have any idea how to force
> gnucash to use only char sets from the 8859-15 family?

Sorry, I do not.  A funny circle with four dots around it might be just
a bad font's rendering of the euro.  I use Lucidatypewriter in my Evo
compose window (¤), and the preceding euro looks find to me.  You may
try playing with fonts.

Joe



> 
> Burkard
> 
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