.\" authorization. *
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.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.98 2024/04/20 19:02:07 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_mouse 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.99 2024/05/11 20:39:53 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_mouse 3X 2024-05-11 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
.I \%xterm
mouse report sequence appears in the string read.
.PP
-Mouse event reports from
+An
+.I \%ncurses
+window must enable \fB\%keypad\fP(3X) to correctly receive mouse event
+reports from
.I \%xterm
-are not detected correctly in a window with keypad application mode
-disabled,
-since they are interpreted as a variety of function key.
+since they are encoded like function keys.
Set the terminal's
.I \%term\%info
capability \fB\%kmous\fP to \*(``\eE[M\*(''