At the moment, it would appear that A4 versus 80 (more conventionally expressed as 0hA4 and 0h80 or, in decimal form, as 0164 and 0128) is a Macintosh versus PC issue.
Although Louis' message contained the ISO 8859-15 value, its encoding was ISO 8859-1. However, the Mac displays the 0164 (0hA4) value as the Euro symbol and the PC displays the 0128 (0h80) value as the euro symbol. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wizard of OS Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 07:15 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:17523] Re: Petrol/gasoline costs tefering to A4, does whole europe use A4? and cananda or other from the commonwealth? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wade VMS Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: [USMA:17519] Re: Petrol/gasoline costs > > >Your euro symbols are coming through as generic currency symbols (circle > >with four points). (See your message, below.) > > > >This is somewhat strange, considering that you're using ISO-8859-1 encoding. > > > >Using the same encoding, I've had the euro come through successfully. Very > >strange. > > > >Euro: � > >Generic: � > >Dollar: $ > >Pound: > > He is using A4 which is the ISO-8859-15 standard, whereas yours is 80 which > is the Microsoft standard. A4 is the generic currency character in 8859-1. > > I recommend using EUR until this mess resolves itself. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). > Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie > 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 > Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 > Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer > Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !" > >
