can be composed. When the terminal emulation is in Multinational character set mode, characters from all national keyboard layouts can be composed.

If a character is a diacritical symbol and this symbol does not appear on the keyboard, an equivalent character can be used in some cases. The diacritical symbols and the possible substitutes are shown below. There are no equivalents for the circumflex accent and tilde mark.

Diacritical Mark

Equivalent Character

 

 

´ Acute accent

' Apostrophe

 

 

¨ Umlaut

" Double quote

 

 

` Grave accent

' Single quote

 

 

° Ring mark

* Asterisk or degree sign

 

 

To compose a character, first find the character you wish to compose in the left hand column of the following tables. The two characters shown in the right hand column are the keys that are used to create it. Several alternatives may be given for generating the same character. A compose sequence is initiated by pressing the keys Alt + C together, followed by the key bearing the first character then the key bearing the second character.

NOTE: The compose character sequence can also be initiated by pressing a key defined with the COMPOSE virtual key name.

A compose character sequence may be abandoned before completion by pressing the Delete key. Pressing Alt + C (or the key defined with the COMPOSE virtual key name) again before completing a compose character sequence will cause it to be abandoned and a second sequence to be started. An invalid compose character sequence will cause the bell to sound.

The following tables use several conventions:

●The keys bearing the characters used to compose a special character may be pressed in any order unless (in order) is specified.

●(DEC Multinat.) indicates that the character can only be composed if the terminal emulation is in Multinational mode and the Character Set option is set to Multinational.

●(Latin-1)indicates that the character can only be composed if the terminal emulation is in Multinational mode and the Character Set option is set to ISO Latin-1.

●If a nationality is specified with the character description, for example (Dutch), then the character can only be composed when the terminal emulation is in National mode and the system is configured for the relevant language.

Table 4-1Compose Character Sequences

"

quotation mark

¨ space

 

 

 

#

number sign

+ +

 

 

 

'

apostrophe

' space

 

 

 

@

commercial at

a a or A A (Multinational)

 

 

a a or A A or a A (National)

 

 

 

Compose Character Sequences

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