HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

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86 Chapter 3
Getting Started with 3270 Emulation
Double-Byte Characters
If you are using Code Page 931 (double-byte characters and lowercase
English characters), you can enter either lowercase or uppercase
English characters. You cannot use the 3270 function KANA KEY and
cannot enter Katakana characters.
For both code pages, the 3270 function KANA TOG controls the screen
display and determines whether characters are displayed on the screen
as Katakana or as lowercase English.
The KANA KEY and KANA TOG keys act independently. Toggling the
screen display has no effect on the keyboard input, and toggling the
keyboard input has no effect on the screen display. You will probably
want to use both keys when entering characters using Code Page 930, to
ensure that the screen display matches the type of characters you are
entering.
To enter Katakana characters using Code Page 930, follow these steps:
Step 1. If the screen display is currently in lowercase English mode, press KANA
TOG to toggle to Katakana display.
Step 2. Press KANA KEY to toggle the keyboard input to Katakana mode.
Step 3. Enter the required characters.
Step 4. Press KANA KEY again to toggle the keyboard input back to lowercase
English mode.
Motif The right-hand end of the extended status line displays one of the
following messages to indicate whether the display, or the keyboard, or
both, is in Katakana mode:
KANA DSP
The display is in Katakana mode.
KANA KBD
The keyboard is in Katakana mode.
KANA DSP KBD
Both display and keyboard are in Katakana mode.
No message
Both display and keyboard are in lowercase English
mode.