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32 Currency symbols and LyX
38 To obtain the main currency symbols with LaTeX, we need to use special packages.
39 Here we give a brief description of how to display and print the euro,
40 cent, yen and general currency symbols.
41 The dollar and the pound need no special trick, so we won't speak about
48 To print the euro symbol, you need to get the eurofont package, available
50 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/macros/latex/contrib/supported/eurofont}
55 You'll need therefore to add to the LaTeX preamble of your LyX document
63 See the preamble of this document to figure out.
64 Then you obtain the euro symbol by typing
70 in TeX mode, like this :
79 There is another problem with the euro symbol : it is not included in the
80 latin1 character encoding.
81 So to have the glyph displayed on screen you should select iso8859-15 screen
85 Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
95 fonts\SpecialChar \menuseparator
98 field, and of course you'll have to choose fonts that are available on
99 your system in this encoding.
100 You also need to choose an appropriate keymap file :
108 should normally support the euro symbol at its usual place.
109 Select your keymap in the
111 Language\SpecialChar \menuseparator
117 The last step is to tell LyX that the encoding of your document is latin9.
120 Format\SpecialChar \menuseparator
124 It requires your LaTeX distribution to have the appropriate
133 It is in my tetex-1.0 distribution, and I have understood that it is provided
138 program, which you can grab here :
139 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~latex2ht/}
146 If you see an euro symbol here : ยค, and not some horrible glyph, that's
148 Now try to view the DVI file.
149 If LaTeX doesn't complain and the printed version seems fine, you're done.
155 The cent symbol is currently not available with LaTeX natively.
156 You need to have the package wasysym, which should be included in your
159 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/macro/latex/contrib/supported/wasysym}
164 Then you insert the command :
170 in your LaTeX preamble.
171 If your keymap allows the direct display of the cent symbol, great, if
172 not you'll have to type
178 in TeX mode, like this :
190 For the yen, it is the same story as above, but with the package amssymb,
191 or amsfonts, available at
192 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/fonts/amsfonts}
196 in the CTAN, and typing
211 The general currency symbol
214 You know, it is the horrible little mix of cross and circle.
215 You cannot obtain it on screen together with the euro symbol, because it
216 is the latin1 character replaced by the euro in latin9.
217 But you can always obtain it by including the
221 package in the preamble, and by typing
237 The vertical broken bar
240 Of course it is not a currency symbol, but it is one that you can't obtain
241 with plain LaTeX, so let's tell something about it.
264 Here we are, view the DVI, and complain to
265 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{adrien.rebollo@gmx.fr}
269 if you run into problems.