Euro symbol inconvenience... suggestions?

[mic...@michaelteter.com]

Hi all.

I'm new to ledger-cli, and I am using Emacs Ledger mode to enter my transactions.  Most of my transactions are in Euros, and while I can use option-shift-2 on my Mac in normal text boxes, Emacs doesn't approve.  

So I followed suggestions somewhere and made a euro function that I have to meta-x call every time I enter a transaction.  This is really a drag on my entry speed, and I'm hoping someone can suggest how I can improve my workflow/tools.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi,

you can of course bind your function to whichever key you like
(e.g. with M-x local-set-key, M-x global-set-key or in your init.el),
but notice that you may also press C-x 8 * E (not that this is an
extremely convenient binding;-) ).

> Thanks in advance!

Best,

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[Erik Hetzner]

In general, in emacs, I'd do

`C-x (` to start a keyboard macro

`C-x 8 * E` (as Marcin said)

`C-x )` to stop the keyboard macro

`C-x C-k n euro` to name the macro

`C-x C-k b` to bind the macro to a key (e.g. C-c e) (see https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Key-Binding-Conventions.html#Key-Binding-Conventions)

Open your `.emacs` file

`C-u M-x insert-kbd-macro`

This will create a reusable keyboard macro that is bound to a keystroke that you can use.

You could also use the `latin-9-prefix` input method (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Input-Methods.html) and use ~e

See also http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_n_unicode.html

That said, you can also just use `EUR` as your currency symbol, or even `E` :)

best, Erik

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[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2017-03-15, at 20:04, Erik Hetzner <ehet...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In general, in emacs, I'd do
>
> `C-x (` to start a keyboard macro
> `C-x 8 * E` (as Marcin said)
> `C-x )` to stop the keyboard macro
> `C-x C-k n euro` to name the macro
> `C-x C-k b` to bind the macro to a key (e.g. C-c e) (see
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Key-Binding-Conventions.html#Key-Binding-Conventions
> )
> Open your `.emacs` file
> `C-u M-x insert-kbd-macro`
>
> This will create a reusable keyboard macro that is bound to a keystroke
> that you can use.

If you want to go that route, in recent Emacsen it is easier to start
and stop recording a keyboard macro with <f3> and <f4> respectively.

Best,

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[Craig Earls]

I would just wait a few years then you'll probably be back to your national currency. 

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[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "MB" == Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> writes:

>> I'm new to ledger-cli, and I am using Emacs Ledger mode to enter my
>> transactions. Most of my transactions are in Euros, and while I can use
>> option-shift-2 on my Mac in normal text boxes, Emacs doesn't approve.

I just end up using EUR, although it doesn't display as nicely.

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[thierry]

I am not sure it will help, but here I am using a French keyboard, and typing AltGr+E is producing € (AltGr is Right Alt, just right to space bar). And ledger does manage very nicely the € symbol in its output.

Thierry

[Ben Finney]

mic...@michaelteter.com writes:

> I'm new to ledger-cli, and I am using Emacs Ledger mode to enter my
> transactions. Most of my transactions are in Euros, and while I can
> use option-shift-2 on my Mac in normal text boxes, Emacs doesn't
> approve.

Many responses have ignored this part, but I'd really like to know: How
can we make Emacs accept the character from the operating system's input
method?

Typing the Euro character as Michael describes should send that event to
any program, and Emacs should be no different in this. How can we make
Emacs respond correctly to character input?

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[Craig Earls]

That is an emacs question. Perhaps asking over on an emacs specific venue would gehave better answers

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[mic...@michaelteter.com]

True, I guess the real problem to address is why Emacs doesn't understand my €.

But amongst the good suggestions, I'll probably just use E for now.

Thanks everyone!

[mic...@michaelteter.com]

I can answer my own question now.  How could I forget that Emacs uses my Option key for Meta...?

There was a suggestion on http://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/17552/13908 that works well for my situation:

(setq ns-alternate-modifier 'meta)
(setq ns-right-alternate-modifier 'none)

That allows me to use my right Option key as the standard Mac Option key, so now I can Opt-Shift-2 for €.  :)

[Yuval Hager]

On 03/15/2017 03:39 PM, thierry wrote:
> I am not sure it will help, but here I am using a French keyboard, and
> typing AltGr+E is producing € (AltGr is Right Alt, just right to space
> bar).

AltGr+5 produces € for me (US keyboard, Linux)