showHostChar parameter

Use the showHostChar parameter to set or query the display of the host characters.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

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

Syntax

query showHostChar
set showHostChar [ default | on | off ]
query current.showHostChar
query default.showHostChar
set default.showHostChar [ install | on | off ]
query install.showHostChar 

Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set showHostChar command, the current view will use the value of default.showHostChar to determine whether to display host characters.
on If you specify the on parameter for the set showHostChar command, host characters will be displayed in the current view; If you specify the on parameter for the set default.showHostChar command, host characters will be displayed in all the views that have showHostChar set to default.
off If you specify the off parameter for the set showHostChar command, host characters will not be displayed in the current view.  If you specify the off parameter for the set default.showHostChar command, host characters will not display in all the views that have showHostChar set to default.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.showHostChar command, all of the views that have showHostChar set to default will use the value of install.showHostChar to determine whether to display host characters.

Description

If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set showHostChar command, default is assumed.  If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set default.showHostChar command, install is assumed.

The query current.showHostChar command returns on if host characters are displayed in the current view or off if host are not displayed.

Examples

query showHostChar
set showHostChar off
query current.showHostChar
query default.showHostChar
set default.showHostChar off
query install.showHostChar 

Related reference
query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter
hostCharMapping parameter