ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171125

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

diff --git a/man/define_key.3x b/man/define_key.3x
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--- a/man/define_key.3x
+++ b/man/define_key.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997
 .\"
-.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.11 2004/06/05 19:20:03 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.15 2017/11/21 00:53:44 tom Exp $
 .TH define_key 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBdefine_key\fP \- define a keycode
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fP
-
+.sp
 \fBint define_key(const char *definition, int keycode);\fP
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This is an extension to the curses library.
@@ -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
-The keycode must be greater than zero, else ERR is returned.
+The keycode must be greater than zero, and the string non-null,
+otherwise \fBERR\fP is returned.
+\fBERR\fP may also be returned if there is insufficient memory to allocate the
+data to store the definition.
+If no error is detected, \fBOK\fP 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
@@ -57,9 +61,3 @@ any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
 \fBkey_defined\fR(3X).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Thomas Dickey.
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