diff --git a/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/KBDFILES.map b/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/KBDFILES.map
index f4e5a66492d..7080b0b1dcf 100644
--- a/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/KBDFILES.map
+++ b/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/KBDFILES.map
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
-
-ISO8859-15	be.iso.kbd			be.kbd
-ISO8859-15	be.iso.acc.kbd			be.acc.kbd
+#
+# The Files are converted by "convert-keymaps.pl" from the given encoding to UCS.
+#
+# An additional "+EURO" causes the translation of the generic currency symbol to 
+# an Euro symbol, even if the source locale does not support an Euro symbol.
+# This conversion is only performed for the "E" key (not e.g. on Shift-4, which 
+# still generates the currency symbol).
+#
+# Encoding      syscons file name               newcons (vt) file name
+ISO8859-1+EURO	be.iso.kbd			be.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	be.iso.acc.kbd			be.acc.kbd
 
 ISO8859-5	bg.bds.ctrlcaps.kbd		bg.bds.kbd
 ISO8859-5	bg.phonetic.ctrlcaps.kbd	bg.bds.ctrlcaps.kbd
@@ -14,15 +22,15 @@ CP850		br275.cp850.kbd			br.noacc.kbd
 #CP1251		by.cp1251.kbd			by.kbd.from-cp1251	(result identical to CP1251)
 ISO8859-5	by.iso5.kbd			by.kbd
 
-ISO8859-2	ce.iso2.kbd			centraleuropean.kbd
+ISO8859-2	ce.iso2.kbd			centraleuropean.qwerty.kbd
 
 ISO8859-1	colemak.iso15.acc.kbd		colemak.kbd
 
 ISO8859-2	cs.latin2.qwertz.kbd		cz.kbd
-ISO8859-2	cz.iso2.kbd			cz.kbd.from-ce
+ISO8859-2	cz.iso2.kbd			cz.qwerty.kbd.from-ce
 
-ISO8859-15	danish.iso.kbd			dk.kbd
-ISO8859-15	danish.iso.acc.kbd		dk.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	danish.iso.kbd			dk.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	danish.iso.acc.kbd		dk.acc.kbd
 CP865		danish.cp865.kbd		dk.kbd.from-cp865
 ISO8859-1	danish.iso.macbook.kbd		dk.macbook.kbd
 
@@ -36,19 +44,19 @@ ISO8859-1	estonian.iso.kbd		ee.kbd.from-iso1
 ISO8859-15	estonian.iso15.kbd		ee.kbd
 CP850		estonian.cp850.kbd		ee.kbd.from-cp850
 
-ISO8859-15	finnish.iso.kbd			fi.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	finnish.iso.kbd			fi.kbd
 CP850		finnish.cp850.kbd		fi.kbd.from-cp850
 
-ISO8859-15	fr.iso.kbd			fr.kbd
-ISO8859-15	fr.iso.acc.kbd			fr.acc.kbd
-ISO8859-15	fr.macbook.acc.kbd		fr.macbook.kbd
-ISO8859-1	fr.dvorak.kbd			fr.dvorak.kbd
-ISO8859-15	fr.dvorak.acc.kbd		fr.dvorak.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	fr.iso.kbd			fr.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	fr.iso.acc.kbd			fr.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	fr.macbook.acc.kbd		fr.macbook.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	fr.dvorak.kbd			fr.dvorak.kbd
+ISO8859-1	fr.dvorak.acc.kbd		fr.dvorak.acc.kbd
 
-ISO8859-15	fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd		ca-fr.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd		ca-fr.kbd
 
-ISO8859-15	german.iso.kbd			de.kbd
-ISO8859-15	german.iso.acc.kbd		de.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	german.iso.kbd			de.noacc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	german.iso.acc.kbd		de.acc.kbd
 CP850		german.cp850.kbd		de.kbd.from-cp850
 
 ISO8859-7	gr.elot.acc.kbd			gr.elot.acc.kbd
@@ -66,12 +74,12 @@ ARMSCII-8	hy.armscii-8.kbd		am.kbd
 ISO8859-1	icelandic.iso.kbd		is.kbd
 ISO8859-1	icelandic.iso.acc.kbd		is.acc.kbd
 
-ISO8859-15	it.iso.kbd			it.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	it.iso.kbd			it.kbd
 
-ISO8859-1	jp.106.kbd			jp.kbd
-ISO8859-1	jp.106x.kbd			jp.capsctrl.kbd
-ISO8859-1	jp.pc98.kbd			jp.pc98.kbd
-ISO8859-1	jp.pc98.iso.kbd			jp.pc98.iso.kbd
+ISO8859-1+YEN	jp.106.kbd			jp.kbd
+ISO8859-1+YEN	jp.106x.kbd			jp.capsctrl.kbd
+ISO8859-1+YEN	jp.pc98.kbd			jp.pc98.kbd
+ISO8859-1+YEN	jp.pc98.iso.kbd			jp.pc98.iso.kbd
 
 PT154		kk.pt154.kst.kbd		kz.kst.kbd
 PT154		kk.pt154.io.kbd			kz.io.kbd
@@ -87,8 +95,8 @@ ISO8859-1	norwegian.dvorak.kbd		no.dvorak.kbd
 ISO8859-2	pl_PL.ISO8859-2.kbd		pl.kbd
 ISO8859-2	pl_PL.dvorak.kbd		pl.dvorak.kbd
 
-ISO8859-15	pt.iso.kbd			pt.kbd
-ISO8859-15	pt.iso.acc.kbd			pt.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	pt.iso.kbd			pt.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	pt.iso.acc.kbd			pt.acc.kbd
 
 CP866		ru.cp866.kbd			ru.kbd.from-cp866
 ISO8859-5	ru.iso5.kbd			ru.kbd.from-iso5
@@ -96,31 +104,31 @@ KOI8-R		ru.koi8-r.kbd			ru.kbd
 KOI8-R		ru.koi8-r.shift.kbd		ru.shift.kbd
 KOI8-R		ru.koi8-r.win.kbd		ru.win.kbd
 
-ISO8859-15	spanish.dvorak.kbd		es.dvorak.kbd
-ISO8859-1	spanish.iso.kbd			es.kbd.from-iso1
-ISO8859-1	spanish.iso.acc.kbd		es.acc.kbd
-ISO8859-15	spanish.iso15.acc.kbd		es.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	spanish.dvorak.kbd		es.dvorak.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	spanish.iso.kbd			es.kbd.from-iso1
+ISO8859-1+EURO	spanish.iso.acc.kbd		es.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	spanish.iso15.acc.kbd		es.kbd
 
 ISO8859-2	si.iso.kbd			si.kbd
 
 ISO8859-2	sk.iso2.kbd			sk.kbd
 
-ISO8859-1	swedish.iso.kbd			se.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	swedish.iso.kbd			se.kbd
 CP850		swedish.cp850.kbd		se.kbd.from-cp850
 
-ISO8859-1	swissfrench.iso.kbd		ch-fr.kbd
-ISO8859-1	swissfrench.iso.acc.kbd		ch-fr.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	swissfrench.iso.kbd		ch-fr.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	swissfrench.iso.acc.kbd		ch-fr.acc.kbd
 CP850		swissfrench.cp850.kbd		ch-fr.kbd.from-cp850
 
-ISO8859-1	swissgerman.iso.kbd		ch.kbd
-ISO8859-1	swissgerman.iso.acc.kbd		ch.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	swissgerman.iso.kbd		ch.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	swissgerman.iso.acc.kbd		ch.acc.kbd
 CP850		swissgerman.cp850.kbd		ch.kbd.from-cp850
-ISO8859-1	swissgerman.macbook.acc.kbd	ch.macbook.acc.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	swissgerman.macbook.acc.kbd	ch.macbook.acc.kbd
 
 ISO8859-9	tr.iso9.q.kbd			tr.kbd
 
-ISO8859-15	uk.iso.kbd			uk.kbd
-ISO8859-15	uk.iso-ctrl.kbd			uk.capsctrl.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	uk.iso.kbd			uk.kbd
+ISO8859-1+EURO	uk.iso-ctrl.kbd			uk.capsctrl.kbd
 #CP850		uk.cp850.kbd			uk.kbd.from-cp850		(no ¤ and different Alt/Alt-Shift encodings)
 #CP850		uk.cp850-ctrl.kbd		uk.capsctrl.kbd.from-cp850	(no ¤ and different Alt/Alt-Shift encodings)
 ISO8859-15	uk.dvorak.kbd			uk.dvorak.kbd
diff --git a/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymap.pl b/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymap.pl
index f2a0799b0c3..778ae10bb53 100755
--- a/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymap.pl
+++ b/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymap.pl
@@ -6,9 +6,26 @@ use Encode;
 use strict;
 use utf8;
 
-die "Usage: $0 filename.kbd CHARSET" unless ($ARGV[1]);
-my $converter = Text::Iconv->new($ARGV[1], "UTF-8");
+# command line parsing
+die "Usage: $0 filename.kbd CHARSET [EURO]"
+    unless ($ARGV[1]);
 
+my $inputfile = shift;					# first command argument
+my $converter = Text::Iconv->new(shift, "UTF-8");	# second argument
+my $use_euro;
+my $use_yen;
+my $current_char;
+my $current_scancode;
+
+while (my $arg = shift) {
+    $use_euro = 1, next
+	if $arg eq "EURO";
+    $use_yen = 1, next
+	if $arg eq "YEN";
+    die "Unknown encoding option '$arg'\n";
+}
+
+# converter functions
 sub local_to_UCS_string
 {
     my ($string) = @_;
@@ -18,21 +35,35 @@ sub local_to_UCS_string
 
 sub prettyprint_token
 {
-    my ($code) = @_;
+    my ($ucs_char) = @_;
 
-    return "'" . chr($code) . "'"
-        if 32 <= $code and $code <= 126; # print as ASCII if possible
-#    return sprintf "%d", $code; # <---- temporary decimal
-    return sprintf "0x%02x", $code
-        if $code <= 255;        # print as hex number, else
-    return sprintf "0x%04x", $code;
+    return "'" . chr($ucs_char) . "'"
+        if 32 <= $ucs_char and $ucs_char <= 126; # print as ASCII if possible
+#    return sprintf "%d", $ucs_char; # <---- temporary decimal
+    return sprintf "0x%02x", $ucs_char
+        if $ucs_char <= 255;        # print as hex number, else
+    return sprintf "0x%04x", $ucs_char;
 }
 
 sub local_to_UCS_code
 {
     my ($char) = @_;
 
-    return prettyprint_token(ord(Encode::decode("UTF-8", local_to_UCS_string($char))));
+    my $ucs_char = ord(Encode::decode("UTF-8", local_to_UCS_string($char)));
+
+    $current_char = lc(chr($ucs_char)), print("SETCUR: $ucs_char\n")
+	if $current_char eq "";
+
+    $ucs_char = 0x20ac	# replace with Euro character
+	if $ucs_char == 0xa4 and $use_euro and $current_char eq "e";
+
+    $ucs_char = 0xa5	# replace with Jap. Yen character on PC kbd
+	if $ucs_char == ord('\\') and $use_yen and $current_scancode == 125;
+
+    $ucs_char = 0xa5	# replace with Jap. Yen character on PC98x1 kbd
+	if $ucs_char == ord('\\') and $use_yen and $current_scancode == 13;
+
+    return prettyprint_token($ucs_char);
 }
 
 sub malformed_to_UCS_code
@@ -62,7 +93,6 @@ sub convert_token
 sub tokenize { # split on white space and parentheses (but not within token)
     my ($line) = @_;
 
-#print "<< $line";
     $line =~ s/'\('/ _lpar_ /g; # prevent splitting of '('
     $line =~ s/'\)'/ _rpar_ /g; # prevent splitting of ')'
     $line =~ s/'''/'_squote_'/g; # remove quoted single quotes from matches below
@@ -70,7 +100,6 @@ sub tokenize { # split on white space and parentheses (but not within token)
     my $matches;
     do {
 	$matches = ($line =~ s/^([^']*)'([^']+)'/$1_squoteL_$2_squoteR_/g);
-#	print "-> $line<> $matches: ('$1','$2')\n";
     } while $matches;
     $line =~ s/_squoteL_ _squoteR_/ _spc_ /g; # prevent splitting of ' '
     my @KEYTOKEN = split (" ", $line);
@@ -78,12 +107,11 @@ sub tokenize { # split on white space and parentheses (but not within token)
     grep(s/_spc_/' '/, @KEYTOKEN);
     grep(s/_lpar_/'('/, @KEYTOKEN);
     grep(s/_rpar_/')'/, @KEYTOKEN);
-#printf ">> $line%s\n", join('|', @KEYTOKEN);
     return @KEYTOKEN;
 }
 
 # main program
-open FH, "<$ARGV[0]";
+open FH, "<$inputfile";
 while (<FH>) {
     if (m/^#/) {
 	print local_to_UCS_string($_);
@@ -95,7 +123,10 @@ while (<FH>) {
 	my $C;
 	foreach $C (@KEYTOKEN) {
 	    if ($at_bol) {
+		$current_char = "";
+		$current_scancode = -1;
 		if ($C =~ m/^\s*\d/) { # line begins with key code number
+		    $current_scancode = $C;
 		    printf "  %03d   ", $C;
 		} elsif ($C =~ m/^[a-z]/) { # line begins with accent name or paren
 		    printf "  %-4s ", $C; # accent name starts accent definition
@@ -109,6 +140,7 @@ while (<FH>) {
 		if ($C =~ m/^([BCNO])$/) {
 		    print " $1"; # special case: effect of Caps Lock/Num Lock
 		} elsif ($C eq "(") {
+		    $current_char = "";
 		    print " ( ";
 		} elsif ($C eq ")") {
 		    print " )";
diff --git a/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymaps.pl b/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymaps.pl
index dd452af1c12..ea8fbc2b09c 100755
--- a/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymaps.pl
+++ b/tools/tools/vt/keymaps/convert-keymaps.pl
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ my $kbdfile;
 foreach $kbdfile (glob("$dir_keymaps_syscons/*.kbd")) {
     my $basename;
     ($basename = $kbdfile) =~ s:.*/::;
-    my $encoding = $ENCODING{$basename};
+    my ($encoding) = $ENCODING{$basename};
+    $encoding =~ s/\+/ /g;		# e.g. "ISO8859-1+EURO" -> "ISO8859-1 EURO"
     my $outfile = $FILE_NEW{$basename};
     if ($encoding and $outfile) {
 	if (-r $kbdfile) {
-	    print "converting from '$basename' ($encoding) to '$outfile' (Unicode)\n";
-	    my $cmdline = "$dir_convtool/convert-keymap.pl $kbdfile $ENCODING{$basename} > $dir_keymaps_output/$outfile";
+	    print "converting from '$basename' ($encoding) to '$outfile' (UCS)\n";
+	    my $cmdline = "$dir_convtool/convert-keymap.pl $kbdfile $encoding > $dir_keymaps_output/$outfile";
 	    system "$cmdline";
 	} else {
 	    print "$kbdfile not found\n";