73 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
73 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: curses_keyname.3,v 1.5 2008/04/30 13:10:51 martin Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Julian Coleman.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.Dd October 17, 2007
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.Dt CURSES_KEYNAME 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm curses_keyname ,
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.Nm keyname
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.Nd curses report key name routine
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libcurses
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In curses.h
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.Ft "char *"
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.Fn keyname "int key"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Fn keyname
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generates a character string containing a description of the key specified in
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.Fa key .
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.Pp
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The string is formatted according to the following table:
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.Bl -column "Meta + control character" "KEY_MIN - KEY_MAX" "String format"
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.It "Description" Ta "Key range" Ta "String format"
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.It Li "Control character" Ta "0 - 31" Ta "^X"
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.It Li "Visible character" Ta "32 - 126" Ta "X"
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.It Li "Delete character" Ta "127" Ta "^?"
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.It Li "Meta + control character" Ta "128 - 158" Ta "M-^X"
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.It Li "Meta + visible character" Ta "159 - 254" Ta "M-X"
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.It Li "Meta + delete character" Ta "255" Ta "M-^?"
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.It Li "Named key" Ta "KEY_MIN - KEY_MAX" Ta "KEY_EXIT"
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.It Li "Unknown key" Ta "" Ta "-1"
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr curses_input 3
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.Sh NOTE
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The return value of
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.Fn keyname
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is a static buffer, which will be overwritten on a subsequent call.
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nx
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Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
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Single Unix Specification.
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.Sh HISTORY
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These functions first appeared in
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.Nx 2.0 .
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