HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

Chapter 3 85
Getting Started with 3270 Emulation
Double-Byte Characters
character as occupying position 80 of one line and position 1 of the
following line and will process it correctly. The SNAP3270_SPLIT_CHAR
environment variable is not required and has no effect.
Double-byte characters can always be written to positions 79 and 80 of
the last line. The SNAP3270_LOWER_RIGHT environment variable is not
required and has no effect.
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Input Method for Double-Byte Characters
The way you enter double-byte characters from your keyboard varies
between different HP-UX systems. In addition, different methods are
used for the Motif and character-based TN3270 emulation programs.
Your TN3270 product supplier can provide you with information about
how to enter these characters from your keyboard.
Japanese Language Character Sets
A host using the Japanese language can use one of two different host
character sets (EBCDIC code pages): Code Page 930 includes double-byte
Japanese characters and Katakana characters, and Code Page 931
includes double-byte Japanese characters and lowercase English
characters. A particular host application can use only one of these
character sets at a time.
You can specify which code page a 3270 session uses in the Customize
Session dialog box (for more information, see “Customizing Display
Sessions” and “Customizing Printer Sessions”). However, the choice of
code page takes effect when you start the session. If you change the
setting in the dialog box while the session is running, you must stop and
restart the session in order to use the new code page.
• If you are using Code Page 930 (double-byte characters and Katakana
characters), any lowercase English characters you enter are
converted to uppercase English, because this host code page does not
include lowercase English characters. The 3270 function KANA KEY
controls the keyboard input and determines whether the characters
you type are interpreted as Katakana or as English.