.\"
.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997
.\"
-.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.39 2023/11/25 14:26:30 tom Exp $
-.TH define_key 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.40 2023/12/16 20:32:22 tom Exp $
+.TH define_key 3X 2023-12-16 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
.SH NAME
\fB\%define_key\fP \-
define a \fIcurses\fR keycode
.SH DESCRIPTION
This is an extension to the \fIcurses\fP library.
It permits an application to define keycodes with their corresponding control
-strings, so that the \fIncurses\fP library will interpret them just as it would
+strings,
+so that the \fI\%ncurses\fP library will interpret them just as it would
the predefined codes in the terminfo database.
.PP
If \fIdefinition\fP is \fBNULL\fP,
data to store the definition.
If no error is detected, \fBOK\fP is returned.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines are specific to \fIncurses\fP.
+These routines are specific to \fI\%ncurses\fP.
They were not supported on
Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
It is recommended that