Text display options, Bilingual keyboard support, Close key – HP Compaq t5710 Thin Client User Manual
Page 192: Display right-to-left, Push mode, Typing direction, Text display options -8
11-8
IBM 5250 Emulation
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 5250 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).
Push mode has two secondary modes, Boundary mode and Edit mode.
Boundary mode is activated when Push mode is entered. The cursor will remain at its
current position while you type additional characters, and text will be pushed in the
opposite direction of the screen orientation.
Edit mode is activated when the cursor is moved from its Boundary position into the
Push segment area. In this mode, text can be edited within the Push segment while
typing in the field’s natural direction.
Bilingual Keyboard Support
When a code page that supports a bilingual keyboard is selected, you can toggle
between the National and Latin character set by pressing the keys Shift + - on the