The AIX Version 4 NLS subsystem supports two Code Sets for UK English (ID 168). These Code Sets are the PC Code Set IBM-850 and the Code Set ISO8859-1, which is the industry standard. The two columns in the translate tables identify both the IBM-850 and ISO8859-1 code points for the key positions. The code points are the same for the ASCII characters since ASCII is a subset of the IBM-850 and ISO8859-1 Code Sets.
The following sections of the United Kingdom English keyboard translate table contain the keyboard information for the United Kingdom English keyboard. The keyboard table:
To find out the position number of one or more of the keyboard keys, see "Key Position Codes and Scan Codes for Keyboards" .
For more detailed information about the abbreviations, characters, and headings used in this table, see:
| United Kingdom English Keyboard (ID 168) Translate Table | ||||
| Key | Shift | Assignment Returned | Returned String | |
| Posn | State | 850 Code Set | 8859-1 Code Set | |
| 1 | Base | Reverse Slash (c) | 0x5c | 0x5c |
| 1 | Shift | Logical Or Sign (c) | 0x7c | 0x7c |
| 1 | Ctrl | IS4 (c) | 0x1c | 0x1c |
| 1 | Alt | PFK 86 (f) | ESC [ 0 8 6 q (0x56) | ESC [ 0 8 6 q (0x56) |
| 1 | AltGr | Ignore (f) | Not Returned (0x1ff) | Not Returned (0x1ff) |
| 2 | Base | One (c) | 0x31 | 0x31 |
| 2 | Shift | Exclamation Point (c) | 0x21 | 0x21 |
| 2 | Ctrl | PFK 49 (f) | ESC [ 0 4 9 q (0x31) | ESC [ 0 4 9 q (0x31) |
| 2 | Alt | PFK 58 (f) | ESC [ 0 5 8 q (0x3a) | ESC [ 0 5 8 q (0x3a) |
| 2 | AltGr | Ignore (f) | Not Returned (0x1ff) | Not Returned (0x1ff) |
| 3 | Base | Two (c) | 0x32 | 0x32 |
| 3 | Shift | Double Quote (c) | 0x22 | 0x22 |
| 3 | Ctrl | Ignore (f) | Not Returned (0x1ff) | Not Returned (0x1ff) |
| 3 | Alt | PFK 59 (f) | ESC [ 0 5 9 q (0x3b) | ESC [ 0 5 9 q (0x3b) |
| 3 | AltGr | Superscript 2 (c) | 0xfd | 0xfd |
| 4 | Base | Three (c) | 0x33 | 0x33 |
| 4 | Shift | Pounds Sterling (c) | 0x9c | 0xa3 |
| 4 | Ctrl | PFK 50 (f) | ESC [ 0 5 0 q (0x32) | ESC [ 0 5 0 q (0x32) |
| 4 | Alt | PFK 60 (f) | ESC [ 0 6 0 q (0x3c) | ESC [ 0 6 0 q (0x3c) |
| 4 | AltGr | Superscript 3 (c) | 0xfc | 0xb3 |
| 5 | Base | Four (c) | 0x34 | 0x34 |
| 5 | Shift | Dollar Sign (c) | 0x24 | 0x24 |
| 5 | Ctrl | PFK 51 (f) | ESC [ 0 5 1 q (0x33) | ESC [ 0 5 1 q (0x33) |
| 5 | Alt | PFK 61 (f) | ESC [ 0 6 1 q (0x3d) | ESC [ 0 6 1 q (0x3d) |
| 5 | AltGr | Ignore (f) | Not Returned (0x1ff) | Not Returned (0x1ff) |
| 6 | Base | Five (c) | 0x35 | 0x35 |
| 6 | Shift | Percent Sign (c) | 0x25 | 0x25 |
| 6 | Ctrl | PFK 52 (f) | ESC [ 0 5 2 q (0x34) | ESC [ 0 5 2 q (0x34) |
| 6 | Alt | PFK 62 (f) | ESC [ 0 6 2 q (0x3e) | ESC [ 0 6 2 q (0x3e) |
| 6 | AltGr | One Half (c) | 0xab | 0xbd |
c = character f = function
| United Kingdom English Keyboard (ID 168) Translate Table | ||||
| Key | Shift | Assignment Returned | Returned String | |
| Posn | State | 850 Code Set | 8859-1 Code Set | |
| 7 | Base | Six (c) | 0x36 | 0x36 |
| 7 | Shift | Ampersand (c) | 0x26 | 0x26 |
| 7 | Ctrl | PFK 98 (f) | ESC [ 0 9 8 q (0x62) | ESC [ 0 9 8 q (0x62) |
| 7 | Alt | PFK 63 (f) | ESC [ 0 6 3 q (0x3f) | ESC [ 0 6 3 q (0x3f) |
| 7 | AltGr | Ignore (f) | Not Returned (0x1ff) | Not Returned (0x1ff) |
| 8 | Base | Seven (c) | 0x37 | 0x37 |
| 8 | Shift | Quote, Apostrophe (c) | 0x27 | 0x27 |
| 8 | Ctrl | PFK 53 (f) | ESC [ 0 5 3 q (0x35) | ESC [ 0 5 3 q (0x35) |
| 8 | Alt | PFK 64 (f) | ESC [ 0 6 4 q (0x40) | ESC [ 0 6 4 q (0x40) |
| 8 | AltGr | Ignore (f) | Not Returned (0x1ff) | Not Returned (0x1ff) |
| 9 | Base | Eight (c) | 0x38 | 0x38 |
| 9 | Shift | Left Parenthesis (c) | 0x28 | 0x28 |
| 9 | Ctrl | PFK 54 (f) | ESC [ 0 5 4 q (0x36) | ESC [ 0 5 4 q (0x36) |
| 9 | Alt | PFK 65 (f) | ESC [ 0 6 5 q (0x41) | ESC [ 0 6 5 q (0x41) |
| 9 | AltGr | Ignore (f) | Not Returned (0x1ff) | Not Returned (0x1ff) |