AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

10.5.2.4 Collating Sequence for Euro Locales
For each UTF-8 based locale, the collation sequence for that locale was modified
to contain the Euro symbol. The UTF-8 locales adhere to a multiple pass collation
sequence, and the Euro sign will be collated in the fourth pass between the dollar
sign and the sterling sign (British Pound). The appropriate entry for this behavior,
in the associated locale definition source file, appear as follows:
...
LC_COLLATE
...
...
IGNORE;IGNORE;IGNORE;
IGNORE;IGNORE;IGNORE;
IGNORE;IGNORE;IGNORE;
END LC_COLLATE
...
If the LC_MONETARY locale is set to activate the Euro symbol formatting, the
Euro sign collates in the first pass between the dollar sign and the percent sign
for all UTF-8 based locales listed in Table 53 on page 258. Any of the relevant
locale definition source files /usr/lib/nls/loc/XX_XX.UTF-8@euro.src will have the
following entries:
...
**************
LC_COLLATE
**************
oder_start
...
...
order_end
END LC_COLLATE
...
10.5.3 Keyboard Definitions
IBM follows the recommendation of the European Commission (EC) regarding
placement of the Euro symbol on keyboards. This recommendation, along with
other information from the EC, can be found at IT impact of the Euro, (EC
Information Society Project Office (ISPO)) http://www.ispo.cec.be/y2keuro/euroit.htm.
The European Commission’s recommendation is to place the Euro symbol at the
position AltGr+e on all European keyboards, except on those keyboard layouts
where the key combination AltGr+e is already assigned to produce a different
character. In those cases, a combination of AltGr+4 or AltGr+5 will be assigned,
depending on the particular keyboard layout. The AltGr (Alt Graphics) key allows
you to enter additional characters through the keyboard and is located to the right
of the space bar on keyboards with this feature.
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