Bidirectional Functions for VT
| Function | Combination |
|---|---|
| Language Selection (Hebrew or Arabic) | Alt+RightShift |
| English Language | Alt+LeftShift |
| Screen Reverse (Hebrew Logical Text Mode and Arabic only) | Alt+NewLine |
| Adjust Column Heading (Arabic only) | Alt+K |
| Toggle Cursor Direction (Visual Hebrew only) | Alt+D |
| Toggle 7–bit and 8–bit Character Set Modes (Hebrew only) | Alt+B |
- Language Selection: Same meaning as in Bidirectional Functions for 3270
- English Language: Same meaning as in Bidirectional Functions for 3270
- Screen Reverse: Same meaning as in Bidirectional Functions for 3270
- Adjust Column Heading: Column Heading mode causes blanks between columns of text to break insertions. Thus, the English titles for columns of data maintain their correct position.
- Toggle Cursor Direction: If current cursor
direction is left-to-right, pressing Alt+D changes it to right-to-left,
and back again. When the cursor direction is set to right-to-left,
this does not affect cursor addressing , moving, inserting, and deleting
characters, erasing in line or erasing in display.
The following functions are affected by the right-to-left cursor direction setting:
- Backspace (the cursor moves one position to the right)
- Carriage return (the cursor moves to the rightmost position on the current line)
- Line feed (the cursor moves to the rightmost position of the next line)
- Typing in the auto wrap mode (current line is continued from rightmost position of the next line)
- Toggle 7–bit and 8–bit Character Set Modes: This function allows switching between 7-bit and 8-bit character sets. If the current character set is ISO Hebrew (8-bit), pressing Alt+B changes the character set to Hebrew NRCS (7-bit).