Comment by jojomodding

Comment by jojomodding 19 hours ago

3 replies

Tying currency to locale seems insane. I have bank accounts in multiple currencies and use both several times per week. Why does all software on my system need to have a default currency? Most software does not care about money, those that do usually give you a quote in a currency fixed by someone else.

input_sh 12 hours ago

It's about how easy it is to reach the € sign. Ideally, it should be as easy to type as the $ sign is in the en_US layout.

For what it's worth, I think most all European keyboard layouts have key combos for € and $ defined (many have £ as well), while on en_US you can only type $ (without messing with settings). Europe of course has more currencies than just €, but they use a two-letters-long abbreviations instead of a special symbol.

  • simonask 6 hours ago

    zł has entered the chat. ;-)

    (The Polish Ł is typically not easily typable of non-Polish keyboards.)

    • Sesse__ an hour ago

      Huh, do typical Linux keyboards not have it on AltGr-L?