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\begin_preamble
\usepackage{eurofont}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\end_preamble
\language english
\inputencoding latin9
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 0
\use_amsmath 0
\paperorientation portrait
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\layout Title
Currency symbols and LyX
\layout Author
by Adrien Rebollo
\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.
\layout Section
The euro symbol
\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
in the CTAN.
You'll need therefore to add to the LaTeX preamble of your LyX document
the command :
\family typewriter
\backslash
usepackage{eurofont}
\family default
.
See the preamble of this document to figure out.
Then you obtain the euro symbol by typing
\family typewriter
\backslash
euro{}
\family default
in TeX mode, like this :
\latex latex
\backslash
euro{}
\latex default
.
\layout Standard
There is another problem with the euro symbol : it is not included in the
latin1 character encoding.
So to have the glyph displayed on screen you should select iso8859-15 screen
fonts.
In the
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
popup, you enter
\family typewriter
iso8859-15
\family default
in the
\family sans
Screen\SpecialChar ~
fonts\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Encoding
\family default
field, and of course you'll have to choose fonts that are available on
your system in this encoding.
You also need to choose an appropriate keymap file :
\family typewriter
european.kmap
\family default
and
\family typewriter
francais.kmap
\family default
should normally support the euro symbol at its usual place.
Select your keymap in the
\family sans
Language\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Keymap
\family default
fields.
\layout Standard
The last step is to tell LyX that the encoding of your document is latin9.
You do this in the
\family sans
Format\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document
\family default
popup.
It requires your LaTeX distribution to have the appropriate
\family typewriter
latin9.def
\family default
file for the
\family typewriter
inputenc
\family default
package.
It is in my tetex-1.0 distribution, and I have understood that it is provided
by the
\family typewriter
latex2html
\family default
program, which you can grab here :
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~latex2ht/}
\end_inset
.
\layout Standard
If you see an euro symbol here : <20>, 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.
\layout Section
The cent symbol
\layout Standard
The cent symbol is currently not available with LaTeX natively.
You need to have the package wasysym, which should be included in your
distribution.
You can get it at
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/macro/latex/contrib/supported/wasysym}
\end_inset
in the CTAN.
Then you insert the command :
\family typewriter
\backslash
usepackage{wasysym}
\family default
in your LaTeX preamble.
If your keymap allows the direct display of the cent symbol, great, if
not you'll have to type
\family typewriter
\backslash
cent{}
\family default
in TeX mode, like this :
\latex latex
\backslash
cent{}
\latex default
.
\layout Section
The yen symbol
\layout Standard
For the yen, it is the same story as above, but with the package amssymb,
or amsfonts, available at
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/fonts/amsfonts}
\end_inset
in the CTAN, and typing
\family typewriter
\backslash
yen{}
\family default
, like this :
\latex latex
\backslash
yen{}
\latex default
.
\layout Section
The general currency symbol
\layout Standard
You know, it is the horrible little mix of cross and circle.
You cannot obtain it on screen together with the euro symbol, because it
is the latin1 character replaced by the euro in latin9.
But you can always obtain it by including the
\family typewriter
wasysym
\family default
package in the preamble, and by typing
\family typewriter
\backslash
currency{}
\family default
in TeX mode :
\latex latex
\backslash
currency{}
\latex default
.
\layout Section
The vertical broken bar
\layout Standard
Of course it is not a currency symbol, but it is one that you can't obtain
with plain LaTeX, so let's tell something about it.
You must include the
\family typewriter
wasysym
\family default
package, and type
\family typewriter
\backslash
brokenvert{}
\family default
in TeX mode :
\latex latex
\backslash
brokenvert{}
\latex default
.
\layout Section
Conclusion
\layout Standard
Here we are, view the DVI, and complain to
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{adrien.rebollo@gmx.fr}
\end_inset
if you run into problems.
\the_end