User`s guide

Appendix C
National Replacement Character Sets
C.1 National Replacement Character Set Modes
The SETUP program lets you set modes for national replacement character (NRC)
sets for Professional 300 series processors. The following SETUP modes can be set
using the SETUP LANG:code command:
COMPOSE
NOCOMPOSE
When you set COMPOSE, you can combine keyboard keys to create
composed characters from an NRC set.
When you set NOCOMPOSE, the
Compose
key does not function.
DATA
TYPE
When you set DATA, the data processing version of the current
keyboard is used. When you set TYPE, the typewriter version of the
current NRC set is used.
C.2 Compose Sequences and Dead Diacritical Keys for NRC
Language Keyboards
This section describes two methods for composing characters on Professional 300
series processors. The first method uses the
Compose
key and compose sequences.
The other method described uses dead diacritical keys to compose characters.
Compose sequences and dead diacritical keys vary among NRC set language
keyboards. The compose sequences and dead diacritical keys are listed in Section
C.3.
C.2.1 Composing Characters Using the Compose Key
To create a composed character, press the
Compose
key. The red Compose indicator
at the top of the keyboard should light. Next, type the two characters that together
form the character you want to create. Neither character that you type is displayed
on the screen; only the resulting composed character is displayed. The Compose
indicator should go out.
If you type the wrong character after pressing the
Compose
key, press the <
x
key to
cancel the compose sequence. If you type an invalid sequence, the keyboard beeps
and the compose sequence is canceled.
Valid compose sequences are determined by the keyboard language selection. Use
the SETUP KB LANG:code command to make the keyboard language selection (see
the SETUP LANG:code command).
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