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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
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 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997
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-.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.12 2006/02/25 21:49:19 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.18 2020/10/24 09:52:54 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
+\fBint define_key(const char *\fP\fIdefinition\fP\fB, int \fP\fIkeycode\fP\fB);\fP
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This is an extension to the curses library.
 It permits an application to define keycodes with their corresponding control
@@ -47,19 +48,19 @@ 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
+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),
 \fBkey_defined\fR(3X).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Thomas Dickey.
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