Although the locale settings are correct (e.g. LC_ALL=de_DE@euro), the EUR
_symbol_ isn't displayed in the "Accounts" window.

Only if I apply this short patch, the symbols are displayed correctly.

gnucash/src/app-utils$ cvs diff gnc-ui-util.c 
Index: gnc-ui-util.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/cvsroot/gnucash/src/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -r1.28 gnc-ui-util.c
--- gnc-ui-util.c       3 Jul 2002 05:59:51 -0000       1.28
+++ gnc-ui-util.c       30 Jul 2002 21:44:19 -0000
@@ -1016,9 +1016,9 @@
 
   if (lc_set)
     return &lc;
-
+  setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
   lc = *localeconv();
-
+  printf("debug: %s %s\n", lc.int_curr_symbol, lc.currency_symbol);
   gnc_lconv_set(&lc.decimal_point, ".");
   gnc_lconv_set(&lc.thousands_sep, ",");
   gnc_lconv_set(&lc.grouping, "\003");



It seems, that anything in the gnc locale subsystem is broken...

regards,
christian