Re: Gnus not choosing latin9 if euro sign is present

[Kevin Bube <kbube@despammed.com>]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 30 2005, Kevin Bube wrote:

>> This would mean that the character code is the same and it only
>> depends on the screen font what is displayed. So emacs has no way to
>> determine if you want a currency or euro sign.
>
> This is not correct.  Eval (C-x C-e behing the expression) the
> following expressions and try `C-u C-x =':
>
> (insert (string (make-char 'latin-iso8859-1  164)))
> (insert (string (make-char 'latin-iso8859-15 164)))

Very interesting. Thanks for the example. Seems I have to read the mule
section in the emacs manual again...

>> What font do I have to choose if I want to get a euro sign?
>
> E.g. -*-fixed-medium-r-*--*-140-*-iso8859-1.  Emacs will automatically
> select iso8859-15 when displaying iso8859-15 characters.

Ahh. Okay, I tried this and it works. Thanks.

Regards,

Kevin