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30 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997
32 .\" $Id: keyok.3x,v 1.42 2024/05/18 20:06:09 tom Exp $
33 .TH keyok 3X 2024-05-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
42 enable or disable a \fIcurses\fP function key code
45 \fB#include <curses.h>
47 \fBint keyok(int \fIkey-code\fP, bool \fIbf\fP);
55 application to disable a function key
57 returned by \fB\%wgetch\fP(3X)
58 (wide-character API users:
59 \fB\%wget_wch\fP(3X)).
60 Key codes that have been disabled can be re-enabled.
62 indicates the desired enablement status.
63 This operation is more fine-grained than calling \fB\%keypad\fP(3X),
77 is not a recognized value,
82 is already in the desired state.
94 Applications employing
96 extensions should condition their use on the visibility of the
102 since 2.0 (2004) supports
108 \fB\%define_key\fP(3X),
109 \fB\%key_defined\fP(3X),
110 \fB\%keybound\fP(3X),