Re: EuroCurrency

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From: Darren Salt
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 00:00

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In article <na.6223534740.a50110glover@argonet.co.uk>
          David Glover <glover@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <473EFD5FBC%arcsalt@spuddy.mew.co.uk>, Darren Salt
> <arcsalt@spuddy.mew.co.uk> wrote:
> > Yes it is. Alt-Shift-3.

> Oh come on. If you're gonna be like that, then you can say that ALL the
> characters are on the keyboard. It's just ALT-xxx.

I might well say that :-)

> I don't have to press more than two keys for any other character,

You'd be surprised. Want the degree symbol? Alt-Shift-`. Want the copyright
symbol? Alt-Shift-C.

Dare I mention accented characters?

> why should I have to for the Euro symbol?

So it suddenly isn't a generic currency symbol?

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From: Darren Salt <arcsalt@spuddy.mew.co.uk>
Subject: Re: EuroCurrency
Date: 1996/12/26
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