X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_getch.3x;h=642205a8c5f72082a9838c7a437371b265c065e8;hp=1ef0601388a8fe5f344155b471ee715dbe207b71;hb=5dbe81a41e3c75806996cd762b9e55dcc9edb835;hpb=5c085efbe35681c3847b3ced598635f083810865 diff --git a/man/curs_getch.3x b/man/curs_getch.3x index 1ef06013..642205a8 100644 --- a/man/curs_getch.3x +++ b/man/curs_getch.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2016 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 * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.44 2015/12/20 01:43:03 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.45 2016/05/15 01:05:18 tom Exp $ .TH curs_getch 3X "" .na .hy 0 @@ -95,10 +95,17 @@ is read. .SS Keypad mode .PP If \fBkeypad\fR is \fBTRUE\fR, and a function key is pressed, the token for -that function key is returned instead of the raw characters. -Possible function -keys are defined in \fB\fR as macros with values outside the range -of 8-bit characters whose names begin with \fBKEY_\fR. +that function key is returned instead of the raw characters: +.bP +The predefined function +keys are listed in \fB\fR as macros with values outside the range +of 8-bit characters. +Their names begin with \fBKEY_\fR. +.bP +Other (user-defined) function keys which may be defined using \fBdefine_key\fP(3X) +have no names, but also are expected to have values outside the range of +8-bit characters. +.PP Thus, a variable intended to hold the return value of a function key must be of short size or larger.