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Meister
06-11-2004, 06:08 AM
Well, where?

To elaborate: I cannot seem to produce the symbol for European currency (Euro) in this forum. Normally I produce it by pressing Alt Gr + E; an alternative way of doing so is, I hear, Ctrl+Alt+E. So far, so good. Both of these combinations do bring the symbol in question on my screen, but only while my text is still in the box for writing text in. As soon as I actually post, all Euro symbol goodness is replaced by a question mark that I swear laughs at me maliciously.

All the more puzzling is that fellow member Osterbaum obviously can, if he feels like it, happily fill pages with the symbol no problem and gloat about it (I believe he does, too :))

I mean, I'd wager it's my keyboard driver, but eh? Ideas?

Melfice
06-11-2004, 08:28 AM
Try AltGr+5...

Not on the numeric-pad but above the keys with the letters (What's up with Gr in AltGr? I don't get it.)

€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€
Sorry, I just had to do it...

Meister
06-11-2004, 08:56 AM
What's up with Gr in AltGr?

Wish I knew. It's the key directly right of my space bar and probably German named. Hey, CTRL is STRG over here, too.

Anyway... *tries*

Nope, doesn't work. Neither with AltGr nor with Ctrl/Alt.

Osterbaum
06-11-2004, 10:21 AM
All the mor€ puzzling is that f€llow m€mb€r Ost€rbaum obviously can, if h€ f€€ls lik€ it, happily fill pag€s with th€ symbol no probl€m and gloat about it (I b€li€v€ h€ do€s, too )

I do too...Or do I...

S€€ it's not that hard. :D

Melfice
06-11-2004, 10:58 AM
W€ll, M€ist€r, it s€€ms you still hav€ an old k€yboard, which cannot produc€ it. You'd b€tt€r g€t a n€w on€ th€n.

I couldn't help it, I'm truly sorry...


NOT! €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€

Meister
06-11-2004, 12:16 PM
You. Both. Suck. :D

The really weird thing is that I can produce it in Word and Notepad and stuff and even when I type my text in here; only when it goes from my PC to the forum does it get screwed up.

Perhaps, though, a new driver is in order.

Osterbaum
06-19-2004, 03:24 PM
What happened to the euro? € € ?!?!?

EDIT: No...wait...It worked! €€€€€€€€€

Mashirosen
06-19-2004, 03:38 PM
Huzzah! Closed.

shiney
06-19-2004, 09:09 PM
Ironically, I had closed it at the very exact same time as you and it reopened. So I had to re-close it.

We are supar modse! Or something.