OW28353: ICELANDIC CHARACTER INCORRECTLY TRANSLATED WHEN ENTERD IN UPPER CASE

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In EDITing a member,  with CAPS OFF and keying the Icelandic
  character in UPPER CASE, pressing the enter key will return
  these Icelandic characters in LOWER CASE.
  These characters are:
  Character enter on keyboard >    Character after pressing enter:
  Capital A acute     x'65'   >    lower case a acute    x'45'
  Capital E acute     x'71'   >    lower case e acute    x'51'
  Capital Y acute     x'AD'   >    lower case y acute    x'8D'
  Capital U acute     x'FE'   >    lower case u acute    x'DE'
  Capital I acute     x'75'   >    lower case i acute    x'55'
  Capital O acute     x'EE'   >    lower case o acute    x'CE'
  Capital thorn       x'4A'   >    lower case thorn      x'C0'
  Capital AE dipthong x'5A'   >    lower case ae dipth.  x'D0'
  Capital eth         x'7C'   >    lower case eth        x'79'
  Capital O diaeresis x'5F'   >    lower case o diaere.. x'A1'
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Icelandic users.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Editing a dataset with the terminal     *
  *                      type set to 3278IS can cause some       *
  *                      upper case characters to be translated  *
  *                      to lower case.                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Editing a file with the terminal type set to
  3278IS can cause certain Icelandic characters
  to be translated to their lower case values.
  

Problem conclusion

• The lower case translate table for Icelandic has been
  changed to translate all characters to themselves except
  for X'08', X'1C', X'1D', and X'1E'.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UW42553 UW42554

Modules/Macros

• ISPTT2IS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ISPF V4 OS390

• Fixed component ID

  565504201

Applicable component levels

• R302 PSY UW42553

     UP97/10/23 P F710

• R402 PSY UW42554

     UP97/10/23 P F710

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