Re: [NTLK] euro sign in newtons HWR and on HW keyboard

From: doppler (doppler_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 06:34:07 EST


Markus Rasch [m.rasch_at_gmx.net] wrote the following 2002-01-24 01.31:

> Why don't hack the internal Fonts and add the Euro symbol by deleting another
> rarely used
> symbol. As far as I know there are some Font-Hacks out there, so it should be
> possible.

exactly what i suggest, problem is, i cant do it myself

> The problem is, we can not teach the HWR to recognize the Euro symbol.

are you sure? why would that be? i think it IS possible to add HWR symbols,
but then you probably will infringe the apple patents and so on...

> But we
> can use the
> user dictionary for example to "expand" 'C=' or 'Eur' or what ever you like to
> the Euro
> symbol we just changed in the internal Fonts with our hack.

sure, thats what most people do now. "C=" is probably the best.

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