DEC Text Processing Utility Data Types
3.4 Keyword Data Type

Table 3–1 shows the correspondence between keywords used as DECTPU

key names and the keys on the VT400, VT300, VT200, and VT100 series of

keyboards. You do not have to define a key or control sequence just because there

is a DECTPU keyword for the key or sequence.

Table 3–1 Keywords Used for Key Names

DECTPU Key Name VT400,VT300, VT200
Series Key VT100Key
PF1 PF1 PF1
PF2 PF2 PF2
PF3 PF3 PF3
PF4 PF4 PF4
KP0, KP1, . . . , KP9 0, 1, . . . , 9 0,1, . . . , 9
Period . .
Comma , ,
Minus –
Enter Enter Enter
Up Up arrow Up arrow
Down Down arrow Down arrow
Left Left arrow Left arrow
Right Right arrow Right arrow
E1 Find / E1
E2 Insert Here / E2
E3 Remove / E3
E4 Select / E4
E5 Prev Screen / E5
E6 Next Screen / E6
Help Help / F15
Do Do / F16
F6, F7, . .. , F20 F6, F7, . .. , F20
NULL_KEY Ctrl/space Ctrl/space
TAB_KEY Tab Tab
RET_KEY Return Return
DEL_KEY <xDelete
LF_KEY Ctrl/J Line feed
BS_KEY Ctrl/H Backspace
Ctrl_A_KEY Ctrl/A1Ctrl/A1
Ctrl_B_KEY Ctrl/B Ctrl/B
.. .
.. .
.. .
1Ctrl/A means pressing the Ctrl key simultaneously with the A key. Aand aproduce the same results.
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