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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3/define_key.3x b/upstream/archlinux/man3/define_key.3x index 1476bb76..a8466c0d 100644 --- a/upstream/archlinux/man3/define_key.3x +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3/define_key.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey * .\" Copyright 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -29,38 +29,43 @@ .\" .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997 .\" -.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.21 2022/02/12 20:03:40 tom Exp $ -.TH define_key 3X "" +.\" $Id: define_key.3x,v 1.42 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $ +.TH define_key 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses 6.5" "Library calls" .SH NAME -\fBdefine_key\fP \- define a keycode +\fB\%define_key\fP \- +define a \fIcurses\fR keycode .SH SYNOPSIS -\fB#include <curses.h>\fP -.sp -\fBint define_key(const char *\fIdefinition\fB, int \fIkeycode\fB);\fR +.nf +\fB#include <curses.h> +.PP +\fBint define_key(const char *\fIdefinition\fP, int \fIkeycode\fP); +.fi .SH DESCRIPTION -This is an extension to the curses library. +This is an extension to the \fIcurses\fP library. It permits an application to define keycodes with their corresponding control -strings, so that the ncurses library will interpret them just as it would +strings, +so that the \fI\%ncurses\fP library will interpret them just as it would the predefined codes in the terminfo database. .PP -If the given string is null, any existing definition for the keycode is -removed. +If \fIdefinition\fP is \fBNULL\fP, +any existing one 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, and the string non-null, +Either \fIkeycode\fP must be greater than zero, +or \fIdefinition\fP must be non-\fBNULL\fP, 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. +These routines are specific to \fI\%ncurses\fP. 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. +any code depending on them be conditioned using \fB\%NCURSES_VERSION\fP. +.SH AUTHORS +Thomas Dickey .SH SEE ALSO -\fBkeyok\fP(3X), -\fBkey_defined\fP(3X). -.SH AUTHOR -Thomas Dickey. +\fB\%keyok\fP(3X), +\fB\%key_defined\fP(3X) |