Customize the display of host characters

There are scenarios in which you may want to customize the way that hex characters are displayed in the editor. For example, some hex characters that represent 5250 or 3270 display attributes may display as the ? character while you may prefer that a blank space is displayed instead. You can use the LPEX editor preferences to customize how characters are displayed.

Procedure

  1. Access the preferences. Click Window > Preferences > LPEX Editor > Appearance > Host Characters.
  2. Click Add to open the Configure The Mapping dialog.
  3. Populate the fields of the dialog to specify the display character for the host character.
    Host Code Page
    Select the host code page associated with the host character.
    Host Code Point Type
    Select the type of the code point. The type can be single value or range value.
    Host Code Point
    Assign the code point of the host char in the specified code page.
    Display Character
    Input the display character that will be the substitute character displayed in the view. The Unicode Hexadecimal value will automatically displayed in Display Character Hex Value.
    Display Character Hex Value
    Specify the Hexadecimal value of the display character. The Display Character field will be automatically updated.