Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) strings are delimited
by shift-out and shift-in (SOSI) characters. In the editor, the shift-out
delimiter is represented by the « symbol, and the shift-in character
is represented by the » symbol. Inclusion of SOSI delimiter within
the editor text allows the record length and column alignment to be
the same as on an EBCDIC system.
The SOSI delimiter is displayed automatically within a local or
remote file, when a remote DBCS codepage is detected for the file.
However, when copying text with a SOSI delimeter outside of the editor,
the delimiter is not included in the pasted text.
SOSI delimiter symbols are not printed or included in Outline view
or in the Compare EditorStructural Differences Outline.
Instead, a white space displays in place of the symbol.
Note: There is a current limitation when there is an error and
associated annotation. It is possible that the SOSI delimiter symbols
surrounding a DBCS sequence to be underlined as part of the error
identified by the annotation.