ncurses 5.9 - patch 20130518

[ncurses.git] / man / define_key.3x

diff --git a/man/define_key.3x b/man/define_key.3x
index 216a3cbce4b6a22c9af127a6765aa2a2650a4e5d..18eaff87cb1156e617224bac191f2329956154f6 100644 (file)
--- a/man/define_key.3x
+++ b/man/define_key.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2009,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

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 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
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 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997
 .\"

-.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.12 2006/02/25 21:49:19 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.14 2010/12/04 18:49:20 tom Exp $

 .TH define_key 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBdefine_key\fP \- define a keycode
 .TH define_key 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBdefine_key\fP \- define a keycode


@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ removed.
 Similarly, if the given keycode is negative or zero, any existing string
 for the given definition is removed.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 Similarly, if the given keycode is negative or zero, any existing string
 for the given definition is removed.
 .SH RETURN VALUE

-The keycode must be greater than zero, else ERR is returned.
+The keycode must be greater than zero, and the string non-null,
+otherwise ERR is returned.
+ERR may also be returned if there is insufficient memory to allocate the
+data to store the definition.
+If no error is detected, OK is returned.

 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines are specific to ncurses.  They were not supported on
 Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.  It is recommended that
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines are specific to ncurses.  They were not supported on
 Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.  It is recommended that


@@ -57,9 +61,3 @@ any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
 \fBkey_defined\fR(3X).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Thomas Dickey.
 \fBkey_defined\fR(3X).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Thomas Dickey.

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