digraph for euro sign

digraph for euro sign

[Zvi Har'El]

Hi,

I understand that rfc1345 doesn't include the euro sign. Vim chose to use the
digraph =e, and zsh chose the digraph Eu. Otherwise, both use the same
digraphs (and of course, I am using ^K as my zsh compose character). To make my
life easier, I added to my .vimrc the lines

    " zsh compatibility:
    dig Eu 8364     " €

I wonder: Is there no update to rfc1345 which standardize this? I think Eu is
more logical, as a direct analog to the other currency digraphs like Ct, Pd,
Cu and Ye (the range U+00A3 to U+00A5). Of course, the =e has its own mnemonic
value, as an E crossed by two dashes, so it is apparently just a matter of
taste!

Best,

Zvi.

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                               Sunday, 7 Elul 5765, 11 September 2005,  4:07PM

Re: digraph for euro sign

[Bram Moolenaar]

Zvi Har'El wrote:

> I understand that rfc1345 doesn't include the euro sign. Vim chose to use the
> digraph =e, and zsh chose the digraph Eu. Otherwise, both use the same
> digraphs (and of course, I am using ^K as my zsh compose character).
> To make my life easier, I added to my .vimrc the lines
> 
>     " zsh compatibility:
>     dig Eu 8364     " €
> 
> I wonder: Is there no update to rfc1345 which standardize this? I think Eu is
> more logical, as a direct analog to the other currency digraphs like
> Ct, Pd, Cu and Ye (the range U+00A3 to U+00A5). Of course, the =e has
> its own mnemonic value, as an E crossed by two dashes, so it is
> apparently just a matter of taste!

Using Eu does make a lot of sense, and it looks like it's not used
otherwise.  I'll add it.

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Re: digraph for euro sign

[Keld Jørn Simonsen]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:39:12AM -0400, François Pinard wrote:
> [Zvi Har'El]
> 
> > I understand that rfc1345 doesn't include the euro sign. Vim chose
> > to use the digraph =e, and zsh chose the digraph Eu. Otherwise, both
> > use the same digraphs (and of course, I am using ^K as my zsh compose
> > character). To make my life easier, I added to my .vimrc the lines
> 
> >     " zsh compatibility:
> >     dig Eu 8364     " €
> 
> > I wonder: Is there no update to rfc1345 which standardize this? I
> > think Eu is more logical, as a direct analog to the other currency
> > digraphs like Ct, Pd, Cu and Ye (the range U+00A3 to U+00A5). Of
> > course, the =e has its own mnemonic value, as an E crossed by two
> > dashes, so it is apparently just a matter of taste!
> 
> Keld, Cc:ed, wrote me he has tables for either updated RFC 1345 or the
> successor of RFC 1345.  So, Keld, if you are listening, would you be
> kind enough to inform us about the "RFC 1345 mnemonic" for Euro?

The mnemonic for euro in my updated tables is "Eu".

Best regards
keld