[NTLK] € euro sign in newtons HWR and on HW keyboard

From: doppler (doppler_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 08:31:00 EST


dear NTLK list!

one thing that really surprises me is the fact that the euro sign is not so
discussed in this forum. now that the euro is a fact, it has become as
important as the $ dollar sign for americans.

paul gyot has earlier released the euro extension, which adds a country,
"euroland" and defines a currency, euro. this information can be used with
the currency converter application, but there is still no good way to write
=E2=82=AC on the newton, either using the HWR or the external kbd. (on the mac,
shift + 4 is used to accomplish this, replacing the round sign with four
pegs.)

as i am not a programmer, so i dont have the slightest idea what it takes t=
o
add this sign to the ROM or otherwise learn the newton what the euro looks
like. i assume that the euro sign will require a re-tooling of all the font=
s
in the newton as well, but it could be well worth it, if our newtons are to
be used for years from now. the only person i know of who has changed the
ROM of the newton successfully is paul guyot, but there might be others as
well.

i hope there already exists a euro project or that there are developer who
are interested in this "update". (yvan bemelmans, eelco grimm and others
are also interested in this issue.)

this request is also posted at
http://www.imageguild.com/newton/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?

thank you,

                      roman pixell

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