Euro in GnuCash for Mac
John Ralls
jralls at ceridwen.us
Fri Nov 13 18:22:54 EST 2009
On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:42 PM, AllanonIV wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a new Mac User. Long time I worked with Linux and GnuCash.
> Everything
> was alright. Now, I downloaded the GnusCash Version for Mac.
>
> The EURO sign € hasn't the correct view. Instead of € I get the
> short form
> EU.
>
> € 1234 instead of EU 1234
>
> How can I change this?
>
> Thanks for help.
>
It's coming from Apple's LC_MONETARY files, and they don't have the €
symbol in them. You'll have to first make the appropriate one writable
(I'm guessing which one is appropriate from your email domain):
sudo chmod a+w /usr/share/locale/de_DE.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY
Then edit that file and change the "Eu" on the second line to €.
This unfortunately doesn't work for all currencies, just the one
selected as the primary locale. That means that the folks who work in
multiple currencies get a symbol for their primary currency and a 3-
letter code for everything else.
Regards,
John Ralls
More information about the gnucash-user
mailing list