- keypad- or function-keys) depending on modifier keys (shift, con-
- trol, etc.). While terminfo and termcap have a set of 60 prede-
- fined function-key names, to which a series of keys can be
- assigned, that is insufficient for more than a dozen keys multi-
- plied by more than a couple of modifier combinations. The ncurses
- database uses a convention based on <STRONG>xterm</STRONG> to provide extended spe-
- cial-key names.
+ keypad- or function-keys) depending on modifier keys (shift,
+ control, etc.). While terminfo and termcap have a set of 60
+ predefined function-key names, to which a series of keys can be
+ assigned, that is insufficient for more than a dozen keys
+ multiplied by more than a couple of modifier combinations. The
+ ncurses database uses a convention based on <STRONG>xterm</STRONG> to provide
+ extended special-key names.