shiftOutCharacter parameter

The shiftOutCharacter parameter may be used to query or set the character used to display emulated SO (Shift out) control characters.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

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

Syntax

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

Parameters

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

Description

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

Examples

query shiftOutCharacter
set shiftOutCharacter >
query current.shiftOutCharacter
query default.shiftOutCharacter
set default.shiftOutCharacter #
query install.shiftOutCharacter


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