HP t5710 Terminal Emulation User's Guide (XPe) - Page 177

Text Display Options, Display Direction

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IBM 3270 Emulation be disabled by pressing the Reset or SysReq key, or by performing any action that sends data to the host, such as pressing the Enter, Clear, PA, or PF keys. Display Direction or This indicates the orientation of the screen display. A right arrow indicates normal left-to-right display, a left arrow indi- cates a right-to-left mirror image display. The display can be toggled between the two directions by pressing the keys Shift + Backspace. Text Display Options Display Right-to-Left The contents of the screen can be displayed in reverse, i.e. as a right-to-left mirror image, by pressing the keys Shift + Backspace. This is a toggle function, so pressing the keys again will revert to normal left-to-right display. An arrow will be displayed on the status line to indicate normal (right arrow) or mirror (left arrow) display. Typing Direction The direction in which characters are displayed on the screen when typed can be toggled between normal left-to-right and right-to-left by pressing the keys Shift + / on the keypad. The characters => or

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10-9
IBM 3270 Emulation
be disabled by pressing the
Reset
or
SysReq
key, or by per-
forming any action that sends data to the host, such as pressing
the
Enter
,
Clear
,
PA
, or
PF
keys.
Display Direction
or
This indicates the orientation of the screen display. A right
arrow indicates normal left-to-right display, a left arrow indi-
cates a right-to-left mirror image display. The display can be
toggled between the two directions by pressing the keys
Shift
+
Backspace
.
Text Display Options
Display Right-to-Left
The contents of the screen can be displayed in reverse, i.e. as a right-to-left mirror
image, by pressing the keys
Shift
+
Backspace
. This is a toggle function, so pressing
the keys again will revert to normal left-to-right display. An arrow will be displayed on
the status line to indicate normal (right arrow) or mirror (left arrow) display.
Typing Direction
The direction in which characters are displayed on the screen when typed can be
toggled between normal left-to-right and right-to-left by pressing the keys
Shift
+
/
on
the keypad. The characters
=>
or
<=
will be displayed on the status line to indicate the
current typing direction.
Selecting the
Symbol Swap
option in the
IBM 3270 Settings
dialog box will cause
symbols such as round or angle brackets to be displayed the correct way round when
typing right-to-left.
Close Key
If text has been typed using both typing direction modes in the same line or field, you
can force the right-hand text to join the left-hand text by pressing the keys
Shift
+
*
on
the keypad.
Push Mode
Push mode allows you to edit text whose direction is opposite the screen orientation. In
this mode the cursor orientation is reversed and a Push segment is created. Push mode
is toggled on/off by pressing the keys
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
-
(keypad minus).