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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 months ago

      You sure you’re not thinking of the Pound symbol (£)? The Euro symbol (€) would have to be a third thing, if it’s there at all.

      I’m not British and don’t know their keyboard layout, so maybe you’re right, but I would expect £ to be accessible and € less so.

      Edit: oh, you were right. £ is Shift+3, € is AltGr+4.

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        6 months ago

        Just looking at a random selection of two laptops and five keyboards here and they all have the 4 $ € key marked. The only keyboard I can find that doesn’t is the Windows On-Screen Keyboard.

        Although looking at laptops on shop websites, a lot of them have just 4 $ so maybe that is going out of fashion? Samsung yes, Asus no, Dell no, HP no.

        Actually the Windows On-Screen Keyboard does show € but only after you press Alt-Gr…