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Product Manual U42006-J-Z795-1-7600

Working in emulation sessions Composing characters

7.6 Composing characters

Characters can be created for which there are no keys on the keyboard using

the compose key function. The key is used for this purpose. If there

is a key on your keyboard (trimodal keyboard), use it. This function

is represented by the ALTGR key on PC keyboards.

The compose function is only available if your data display terminal is

working in 8-bit mode. The host application must also be running in 8-bit

mode (information on the DSS mode can be found in the section on con-

figuring the data display terminal).

Composing characters

Ê Press and release the key (or ).

Ê Enter a character sequence contained in the table of compose characters in

the chapter “Character sets, compose characters, and printer control cha-

racters”. The composed character is displayed on the screen.

If the character sequence you entered is not permitted, your PC beeps, and no

character is displayed on the screen. You must then start the whole process

from the beginning by pressing the key again. If you press the

key by mistake, you can cancel the process by pressing the

key

(Backspace).

COMPOSE

Alt Gr

COMPOSE