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define_key(3X)							define_key(3X)

NAME
       define_key - define a keycode

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curses.h>

       int define_key(const char *definition, int keycode);

DESCRIPTION
       This  is	an extension to	the curses 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	the predefined
       codes in	the terminfo database.

       If the given string is null, any	existing definition for	the keycode is
       removed.	  Similarly, if	the given keycode is negative or zero, any ex-
       isting string for the given definition is removed.

RETURN VALUE
       The keycode must	be greater than	zero, and the string non-null,	other-
       wise  ERR  is  returned.	 ERR may also be returned if there is insuffi-
       cient memory to allocate	the data to store the definition.  If no error
       is detected, OK is returned.

PORTABILITY
       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.

SEE ALSO
       keyok(3X), key_defined(3X).

AUTHOR
       Thomas Dickey.

								define_key(3X)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | PORTABILITY | SEE ALSO | AUTHOR

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