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Basic Terminal Operation
Certain keys and key combinations perform local functions that initiate
actions by the terminal. Table 9 lists the local keyboard commands.
Table 9
Local Keyboard Commands by Keyboard Style
Command
ASCII
1 OS·Key ANSI
Enhanced PC-Style
Turn CAPS LOCK on/of:fl
I
Caps Lock
I
I
Lock
I
I
Caps Lock
I
Turn NUM LOCK on/offl
[!!!]
~
I
Num Lock
I
Put terminal in setup mode
I
Shift
I I
Setup
I
~
I
Shift
I I
Select
I
or
or
or
@"@
I
Setup
1
2
I
Ctrl
I I
Select
1
2
@@ I Select
j
2
Perform soft (partial) reset3
I
Setup
I
!Shift!~
I Select
I
Perform hard (power-on) reset
@"@
I
Shift
I I
Setup
I
@@!Shift
I~
@@left
I
Shift
I
left
I
Select
I
Send break
I Break
I
!!!]
@@I Break
I
Turn block mode on/off
I
Shift
I
I Break
I
~
@"@
I Shift
I I
Break
I
Print formatted screen
@"@
I
Shift
I
Qkpd
@"@
I
Shift
I
Qkpd
@"@
I
Shift
I
Qkpd
Turn auxiliary print mode on/off
@@!Print!
@"@IT!]
I
Ctrl
I I
Shift
I I
Print Screen
I
Turn monitor mode on/off
@"@
I
Shift
I
Q]kpd
~I
Shift
I
Q]kpd
@"@
I
Shiftj
QJ
kpd
Turn keyclick on/off
I Shift
I I
Enter
I
kpd
I Shift
I
I Enter
I
kpd
I
Shift
I I
Enter
I
kpd
Select alt legend as Corner Key
@@IShiftl
@@ I Shift
I
~left
setup parameter setting
I Compose Character I
Select compose as Corner Key
@"@
IFunctl
@@
I
Compose Character I
@"@~left
setup parameter setting
Toggle between standard and
@"@
IShiftl
~
@"@
I Shift I
El
alternate keyboard layouts4
In Polish keyboard language,
I Shift I
left
I Shift I
right
toggle between standard Polish-1
and Polish-2 keyboard layouts
Change status line display
@@~
@@~
@@El
(standard, off, editing)
Turn on instant screen savers
@@ I Shift I I Cir Scrn I
@@
I Shift I I PF3 I
Composing Characters in
National Mode (ASCII
Personalities)
Composing Characters
In national mode, only three-key sequences are supported in
ASCII
personalities. Tho-key sequences are not supported. The characters
you can compose depend on your keyboard language.
Table B-4 lists the characters you can compose in each keyboard
language. The table lists only the characters that you might want to
compose-that is, characters that don't already appear on your
keyboard.
To compose a character,
1
Set the Comer Key setup parameter to compose.
2 Find your keyboard language in Table B-4.
3 Find the character you want to compose in the "Composed
Character" column of the table.
4
Press and release
I Funct I (I Compose Character I,
@]left).
5 Enter the two characters from the column that lists the compose
sequence. The two characters can be entered in any order.
B-5
For example, to compose
a
on the French Canadian keyboard, press
and release
I Funct I (I Compose Character
I,
@]left), then press[] and
[!] in
any order.
Table B-4
Compose Character Sequences: National Mode (ASCII Personalities)
3-Key
Composed
3-Key
Description
Sequence
1
Character
Description
Sequence
1
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