Technical data

When the terminal setup is complete, you can perform the following actions
to retrieve a phrase:
1. Press the key sequence specified for the simkey option of the stty
command, for example Ctrl/b.
At the bottom of your screen, you are prompted to enter a phrase code.
2. Type the phrase code and press either the Return key or the space bar.
The phrase is returned to the screen or, if the phrase code was not
found, an error message is displayed.
When you want to exit from phrase input mode, press the simkey key
sequence again.
While in phrase input mode, the characters that you enter are subject to the
following rules:
• Phrase codes must be uppercase letters or numbers. If you enter
lowercase characters, they are converted to uppercase.
• A space or Return character that is entered when the phrase code buffer
is empty is sent directly to the application from which you entered
phrase input mode.
This behavior means that you do not have to exit from phrase mode to
enter a space or new line between phrases.
• If you enter printable characters other than alphanumeric ones, the bell
rings to signal that they are invalid characters for a phrase code.
• Control key sequences other than the one used to toggle in and out of
phrase mode are sent directly to the application from which you entered
phrase input mode.
This behavior means that control sequences such as Ctrl/z and Ctrl/c are
handled as you would expect for the system command line, editor, or
other application in which the phrases are being entered.
• Pressing a function or arrow key produces undefined results.
B.3.2 Phrase Input from the Input Options Application
When phrase input is supported by your language setting and the associated
input method server is running, your desktop environment includes an Input
Options window. Click on the Options button in this window to perform the
following tasks:
• Choose the phrase database (user or system)
• Choose the phrase class within the database
• Start phrase input
B–8 Phrase Utility