X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fdefine_key.3x;h=1019c42fd770def5bcaff3425df63aef74fb598b;hp=79a82052e3bf2b158569448099c92ee18d786a7d;hb=46722468f47c2b77b3987729b4bcf2321cccfd01;hpb=661078ddbde3ce0f3b06e95642fbb9b5fef7dca1 diff --git a/man/define_key.3x b/man/define_key.3x index 79a82052..1019c42f 100644 --- a/man/define_key.3x +++ b/man/define_key.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2002 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 * @@ -28,17 +28,14 @@ .\" .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997 .\" -.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.4 1998/02/11 12:13:48 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.8 2002/02/16 22:39:52 tom Exp $ .TH define_key 3X "" -. .SH NAME \fBdefine_key\fP \- define a keycode -. .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fP \fBint define_key(char *definition, int keycode);\fP -. .SH DESCRIPTION This is an extension to the curses library. It permits an application to define keycodes with their corresponding control @@ -47,18 +44,16 @@ the predefined codes in the terminfo database. .PP If the given string is null, any existing definition for the keycode is 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. -. .SH PORTABILITY These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION. -. .SH SEE ALSO \fBkeyok\fR(3X). -. .SH AUTHOR Thomas Dickey. .\"#