Shifts
and Modes
The shifts and modes messages displayed in the Operator Information Area,
tell you what shift and mode your keyboard
is
using at the time.
NUM - Numeric
This message
is
used when your display station has the Numeric Lock feature
(described in Chapter
4)
installed. NUM appears when the cursor
is
located in a
numeric field and your display station
is
in Numeric Mode. The only keys
that
are valid in Numeric Mode are 0 through
9,
period (.), minus
(-),
and DUP. To
override the numeric control,
use~
orO
('0
key
is
present on Data Entry
keyboards only). Refer
to
the keyboard section, also.
ALPHA - Alpha
This message
is
used when
your
display station
is
in Alpha Mode. The Alpha
key (
.u.
),
present on Data Entry Keyboards only,
is
nonlocking (must
be
held
down
to
stay in Alpha Mode).
APL
-APL
This message
is
used when
your
display station (1) has the APL/Text feature
(described in Chapter
4) installed and (2)
is
equipped with a Typewriter/APL
keyboard.
APL appears when
you
place the keyboard in APL Mode
by
pressing the APL ON/OFF key while pressing and holding the ALT key; the
APL message disappears when
you
place the keyboard in Non-APL Mode
(normal)
by
pressing the APL ON/OFF key a second time while pressing and
holding the ALT key.
It
also disappears under certain conditions, when you
have selected a Programmed Symbol set.
TEXT
-TEXT
This message
is
used when your display station (1) has the APL/Text feature
(described in Chapter
4) installed and (2)
is
equipped with a Typewriter/Text
keyboard. TEXT appears when
you
place the keyboard in Text Mode by
pressing the TEXT
ON/OFF key; the TEXT message disappears when you
place the keyboard in Non-Text Mode (normal) by pressing the TEXT
ON/
OFF
key a second time. It also disappears (under certain conditions) when
you
have selected a Programmed Symbol set.
i}
-
UP
The
i}
symbol appears when (1)
you
place
your
keyboard in the upshift
condition or
(2) the cursor
is
located in an upshift
("numeric")
field when
you
are using a Data Entry keyboard
that
does
not
have the Numeric Lock feature.
1'\ - Insert
The
A symbol appears when you place your display station in Insert Mode
by
pressing the
~
key.
(For
a description
of
Insert Mode, refer
to
the
~
key
descriptions in the keyboard sections.) The
A symbol turns
off
when you take
your
display station
out
of
Insert Mode.
Highlighting
The highlighting attribute messages
that
appear in the Operator Information
Area,
if
your display station has the extended highlighting feature installed, are
as
follows:
• Character Reversal - m
• Character Blink -
~~.:
• Character Underscore -
s.
• No character attributes employed - a
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2.
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