Xerox 3270 manual

3270 Programmer’s Guide Function Selection via the Line 2.1.1. Defining Temporary Escape Character No ESC character is defined when you receive the converter. If you wish to change the settings from the host system, you will have to define the ESC character . See below how to define "%" as the temporary ESC character . NOTE: The characters "," ";" and ":" must never be used as ESC character s, as they are used as separators in escape sequences and will give unpredictable printing results. The same applies to 0-9, A-F, a-f and K,S,T,X,Y,Z, simple quote ('), & and ?. These must not be used. CAUTION ! Avoid using your national characters as ESC characters. The following EBCDIC HEX codes have been defined as national language characters and must not be used as ESC characters. 4A 4C 4F 5A 5B 5F 6A 79 7B 7C 7F A1 C0 D0 E0 &&??% Defining "%" as a temporaryESC character . The five characters shown should be sent to the printer from the host system. The ESC character is not defined perma nently. When the converter is turned off, it will be lost. See "Defining a Permanent Escape Character" for infor mation on the definition of a permanent ESC character . - 12 -