On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 08:50:28AM +0000, Robin Cosby wrote: > As a newcomer to Debian (I've just installed Version 2.2r4), I'm having > difficulty in getting the system to produce the Sterling pound symbol when > [SHIFT] 3 is pressed. Instead, I get a hash (octothorp) symbol plus a > new line.
If you're talking about typing it at a shell prompt, the problem is that the pound sterling symbol has its top (eighth) bit set, which bash doesn't like in its default configuration. I put the following line in ~/.inputrc: Meta-#: "\C-v£" Of course, you still have a problem with getting the £ into that file, but it's generally easier in editors than at the shell. There's almost certainly a better way to do this, probably involving input-meta or similar, but the above works for me. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
