[Ubuntu-PH] The Peso Sign for Ubuntu

Zak B. Elep zakame at ubuntu.com
Sun Aug 16 02:10:51 UTC 2009


On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:06 PM, JC John Sese
Cuneta<jcjohn at laibcoms.asia> wrote:
> Good Morning!
>
>     I just want to propose to the group that we file a proposal to change
> the Dollar Sign that is currently included as default for "en-PH" of Ubuntu,
> with the Peso sign which have been available since Unicode v3.2.
>
>     There are two ways we can go with this.
>
>     Option #1:
>     Shift+4 will be replaced with the real ₱ sign.
>     Add CTRL+Shift+4 which will represent the $ sign.
>
>     Option #2:
>     Shift+4 will stay as-is, the $ sign.
>     Add CTRL+Shift+4 as the real ₱ sign.


+1, though I would stick to Option #2, as $ is used in ways other than
expressing currency (such as $variables, /^regular$/ expressions, and
command key for certain programs (e.g. vi)

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