Intermec VT220/ANSI, Programmer'S Reference Manual

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SECTION 7
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PEN*KEY 6500 Computer
VT220/ANSI Terminal Emulation Programmer’s Reference Guide 7-7
Shifted Planes
Use the shift keys to type uppercase letters and special
characters, and to do special operations. Shift keys are de-
scribed in the following chart.
Shift Key Description
[Shift] Press [Shift] plus a letter to type the letter in
uppercase.
[Blue] The blue-colored (Ctrl) key puts the keyboard
into blue shift [Blue] mode. Press [Blue] plus a
keyboard key to do an operation printed in blue,
or to send a control character.
[Gold] The gold-colored (Alt) key puts the keyboard into
gold shift [Gold] mode. Press [Gold] plus a key-
board key to do an operation printed in gold.
[NumLk] The green-colored (number lock) key puts the
keyboard into [NumLk] mode. Press [NumLk]
plus a keyboard key to type a number or charac-
ter printed in green.
Special characters and functions are color-coded to corre-
spond with the shift keys. For example:
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Press [Blue]+[F1] to do the [F11] function (printed in
blue on the key).
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Press [Gold]+[F1] to do the [Mode] function (printed in
gold on the key).
When you press [Shift], [Blue], [Gold], or [NumLk], an an-
nunciator in the display indicates the current shift mode.