shiftInCharacter parameter

The shiftInCharacter parameter may be used to query or set the character used to display emulated SI (Shift in) control characters.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

shiftInCharacter is scoped to the current view.
current.shiftInCharacter is scoped to the current view.
default.shiftInCharacter is globally scoped.
install.shiftInCharacter is globally scoped.

Syntax

query shiftInCharacter
set shiftInCharacter { default
                     | [ char ]
                     }
query current.shiftInCharacter
query default.shiftInCharacter
set default.shiftInCharacter { install
                             | [ char ]
                             }
query install.shiftInCharacter

Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set shiftInCharacter command, the current view will use the value of default.shiftInCharacter to display emulated SI control characters.
char If you specify the char parameter for the set shiftInCharacter command, the character indicated by char will be used for the current view.  If you specify the char parameter for the set default.shiftInCharacter command, the character indicated by char will be used for all views that have the shiftInCharacter parameter set to default.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.shiftInCharacter command, all the views that have shiftInCharacter set to default will use the value of install.shiftInCharacter to display emulated SI control characters.

Description

The query current.shiftInCharacter command will return the character that will be used to display emulated SI control characters in the current view.

Examples

query shiftInCharacter
set shiftInCharacter <
query current.shiftInCharacter
query default.shiftInCharacter
set default.shiftInCharacter #
query install.shiftInCharacter


query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter
shiftOutCharacter parameter
showSosi parameter
sourceEncoding parameter