Xerox 701P21091 manual Options 16. Code Assign parameter options and definitions, Code Default

Specifying input parameters

The following sections describe the syntax of the CODE command parameters and explain the parameter options.

CODE ASSIGN

Defines user character code assignments.

Syntax ac: CODE ASSIGN = {(input, output) (input, (output1 [, output2]

[,...]))}

Options

Table 2-16. CODE ASSIGN parameter options and definitions

Option	Definition
input	Defines the input code.
output	Defines the output code, such as hexadecimal or decimal, that corresponds to
	the input code

CODE ASSIGN The output option is inherently ASCII, because LCDS character parameter: point sets in most fonts are generally ASCII ordered. Therefore,

to note hexadecimal characters in an EBCDIC string constant (such as E’!3F’) are converted to ASCII before being put into the code assignment table.

Hexadecimal output option strings (such as X’20’), as well as text string constants (for example, a), are not translated before being put into the code assignment table. Therefore, you should keep ASCII or, more precisely, the encoding of the fonts that will be used, in mind when you use hexadecimal strings.

Default No default

CODE DEFAULT

Specifies a base code from which you can make character code assignment exceptions.

The base code is specified by a codetype; the exceptions are specified in the ASSIGN parameter.

Syntax ac: CODE DEFAULT = {codetype value}

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