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the secondary language. Each of these secondary languages, Latin/Greek, Latin/Cyrillic, and
Latin/Thai, is a special version of Latin that is specific to the primary language, Greek, Cyrillic,
and Thai.
You do not have to select Latin as the secondary language for Greek, Cyrillic, or Thai. You
can select any of the supported languages as a secondary language, or you can select no
secondary language.
Using Secondary Languages
If you select a Secondary language, the ExSel + L key combination is enabled as the language
toggle keys that let you switch between the two languages. If no secondary language is chosen,
the key combination is inactive. You can also use the KDU or ADU to define other keys for
switching between languages.
The status line displays PR for primary language or SE for secondary language at location 36.
If the Dual Language feature has not been configured, PR or SE is not displayed.
See the following for additional information:
• Switching Sessions and Dual Languages
• Examples of Switching Sessions
• Printing and Languages
Switching Sessions and Dual Languages
To switch from one configured keyboard language to the other, you can either press the
Language Toggle key (ExSel then L for either 3270 or ASCII displays or ESC then Control +
F for ASCII displays only) or you can press the Primary key (to switch from the secondary
language to the primary language) or the Secondary key (to switch from the primary language
to the secondary language). If you press the Primary key from the primary language or the
Secondary key from the secondary language, nothing happens. Each time you change
languages, the keyboard layout switches from one configured language to the other. When
the keyboard layout switches between Primary and Secondary languages, the ‘up’, ‘down’,
and ‘alt shift’ states remain the same.
• Primary Key For ASCII keyboards, use the Escape, then Control + D key sequence for
the Primary key.
• Secondary Key For ASCII keyboards, use the Escape, then Control + E key sequence
for the Secondary key.
• For coax keyboards, use the Keyboard Definition Utility (KDU) to configure a Primary
or Secondary key.
Examples of Switching Sessions
When you switch between sessions, the keyboard layout will change to the layout for the
language of the new session. The code page used for the new session always corresponds to the
default language for the host. The following two examples illustrate what happens when you
switch sessions.