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\usepackage[eurosym]{eurofont}
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+\begin_layout Title
Currency symbols and LyX
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+
+\begin_layout Author
by Adrien Rebollo
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+
+\begin_layout Standard
To obtain the main currency symbols with LaTeX, we need to use special packages.
Here we give a brief description of how to display and print the euro,
cent, yen and general currency symbols.
The dollar and the pound need no special trick, so we won't speak about
them.
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+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Section
The euro symbol
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+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
To print the euro symbol, you need to get the eurofont package, available
at
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/macros/latex/contrib/supported/eurofont}
-\end_inset
+\end_inset
in the CTAN.
You'll need therefore to add to the LaTeX preamble of your LyX document
the command :
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
-\backslash
+\backslash
usepackage{eurofont}
-\family default
+\family default
.
See the preamble of this document to figure out.
Then you can always obtain the euro symbol in your printed document by
typing
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
-\backslash
+\backslash
euro{}
-\family default
+\family default
in TeX mode, like this :
\begin_inset ERT
-status Inlined
+status inlined
-\layout Standard
+\begin_layout Standard
-\backslash
+\backslash
euro{}
-\end_inset
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
.
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
The shape of the symbol in the printed version tends to be better when you
install the eurosym package too.
It is available at
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/fonts/eurosym}
-\end_inset
+\end_inset
in the CTAN.
Then you declare eurofont with the
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
eurosym
-\family default
+\family default
option, like this :
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
-\backslash
+\backslash
usepackage[eurosym]{eurofont}
-\family default
+\family default
.
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
As a next step, we'll configure LyX to display a WYSIWYM euro symbol.
First you have to select latin9 screen fonts, as the euro is not in the
common latin1 encoding.
In the
-\family sans
+\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
-\family default
+\family default
popup, enter
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
iso8859-15
\begin_inset Foot
-collapsed true
+status collapsed
-\layout Standard
+\begin_layout Standard
latin9 is the common name for the
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
iso8859-15
-\family default
+\family default
encoding, and latin1 for
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
iso8859-1
-\family default
+\family default
.
-\end_inset
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
-\family default
+\family default
in the
-\family sans
-Screen\SpecialChar ~
+\family sans
+Screen\InsetSpace ~
fonts\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Encoding
-\family default
+\family default
field, and of course you'll have to choose fonts that are available on
your system in this encoding.
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
You should properly configure your X server if you want the euro symbol
directly on your keyboard.
You can also try the keymap files in LyX :
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
european.kmap
-\family default
+\family default
and
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
francais.kmap
-\family default
+\family default
should normally support the euro symbol at its usual place.
Select your keymap in the
-\family sans
+\family sans
Language\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Keymap
-\family default
+\family default
fields.
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
The last step is to tell LyX that the encoding of your document is latin9.
You do this in the
-\family sans
+\family sans
Format\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document
-\family default
+\family default
popup.
It requires your LaTeX distribution to have the appropriate
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
latin9.def
-\family default
+\family default
file for the
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
inputenc
-\family default
+\family default
package.
It is in the recent LaTeX distributions, and is available at
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/macros/latex/unpacked}
-\end_inset
+\end_inset
in the CTAN.
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
If you see an euro symbol here : ¤, and not some horrible glyph, that's
OK.
Now try to view the DVI file.
If LaTeX doesn't complain and the printed version seems fine, you're done.
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+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Section
Other currency symbols
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
All the symbols we present here are not available with LaTeX natively.
But including the eurofont package gives access to all of them.
-\layout Description
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
-The\SpecialChar ~
-cent\SpecialChar ~
+The\InsetSpace ~
+cent\InsetSpace ~
symbol If your keyboard allows the direct display of the cent symbol
¢, great, if not you'll have to type
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
-\backslash
+\backslash
textcent{}
-\family default
+\family default
in TeX mode, like this :
\begin_inset ERT
-status Inlined
+status inlined
-\layout Standard
+\begin_layout Standard
-\backslash
+\backslash
textcent{}
-\end_inset
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
.
-\layout Description
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
-The\SpecialChar ~
-yen\SpecialChar ~
+The\InsetSpace ~
+yen\InsetSpace ~
symbol Same story as above, typing
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
-\backslash
+\backslash
yen{}
-\family default
+\family default
, like this :
\begin_inset ERT
-status Inlined
+status inlined
-\layout Standard
+\begin_layout Standard
-\backslash
+\backslash
textyen{}
-\end_inset
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
, or directly ¥.
-\layout Description
+\end_layout
-The\SpecialChar ~
-general\SpecialChar ~
-currency\SpecialChar ~
+\begin_layout Description
+
+The\InsetSpace ~
+general\InsetSpace ~
+currency\InsetSpace ~
symbol It is a horrible mix of cross and circle.
You cannot obtain it on screen together with the euro symbol, because it
is corresponding in latin1 to the euro in latin9.
You have just to type
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
-\backslash
+\backslash
textcurrency{}
-\family default
+\family default
in TeX mode :
\begin_inset ERT
-status Inlined
+status inlined
-\layout Standard
+\begin_layout Standard
-\backslash
+\backslash
textcurrency{}
-\end_inset
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
.
If your screen fonts are latin1, you'll see it here : ¤.
If they are latin9, you'll have a euro symbol instead.
-\layout Description
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
-The\SpecialChar ~
-vertical\SpecialChar ~
-broken\SpecialChar ~
+The\InsetSpace ~
+vertical\InsetSpace ~
+broken\InsetSpace ~
bar Of course it is not a currency symbol, but it is one
that you can't obtain with plain LaTeX, but provided when you include eurofont.
You type
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
-\backslash
+\backslash
textbrokenbar{}
-\family default
+\family default
in TeX mode :
\begin_inset ERT
-status Inlined
+status inlined
-\layout Standard
+\begin_layout Standard
-\backslash
+\backslash
textbrokenbar{}
-\end_inset
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
.
You'll have it on your keyboard if your X configuration is real good, and
it will only display with latin1 screen fonts : ¦ .
(With latin9 it is an s with a caron.)
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