"I didn't read the question but the answer is ..." <g> Output is the response to a z/OS console display command. Did Unicode support for WTO make into z/OS V2R1?
Charles Composed on a mobile: please excuse my brevity Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: >There's a tab symbol glyph at Unicode point U+21E5. It's a glyph consisting >of a rightwards arrow to a bar. Many keyboards with a Tab key include this >symbol as part of the key label. More information here: > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(symbol) > >I missed the first part of the question so I'm not sure where/how this >symbol will be displayed, but I'd display that one if possible. That'd be >my #1 choice. > >Failing that, there's a negation symbol (¬) which is arguably a >stylized/abstract version of that tab symbol. That's at code point 95 in >EBCDIC code page 37, for example. A double closing guillemet (») is another >possibility. You can find that at code point 139 in EBCDIC code page 1047, >for example. If these symbols are sufficiently rare/nonexistent within the >context of the information you're presenting you can probably get away with >them, though I like the idea of a footnote. > >Does anyone remember what DisplayWrite/370 uses to illustrate an embedded >tab (if anything)? It might be the double closing guillemet or negation >symbol, but perhaps my recollection is mistaken. There was some convention >here that IBM adopted in its various office systems products, but I just >don't remember it since it was a bit before my time. I think it might have >been the » symbol, though. An older IBM CUA publication might provide some >guidance. > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Timothy Sipples >GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) >E-Mail: [email protected] >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
