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.Dd October 17, 2007 .Dt CURSES_KEYNAME 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm curses_keyname , .Nm keyname .Nd curses report key name routine .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libcurses .Sh SYNOPSIS n curses.h .Ft "char *" .Fn keyname "int key" .Sh DESCRIPTION The function .Fn keyname generates a character string containing a description of the key specified in .Fa key .
p The string is formatted according to the following table: l -column "Meta + control character" "KEY_MIN - KEY_MAX" "String format" t "Description" Ta "Key range" Ta "String format" t Li "Control character" Ta "0 - 31" Ta "^X" t Li "Visible character" Ta "32 - 126" Ta "X" t Li "Delete character" Ta "127" Ta "^?" t Li "Meta + control character" Ta "128 - 158" Ta "M-^X" t Li "Meta + visible character" Ta "159 - 254" Ta "M-X" t Li "Meta + delete character" Ta "255" Ta "M-^?" t Li "Named key" Ta "KEY_MIN - KEY_MAX" Ta "KEY_EXIT" t Li "Unknown key" Ta "" Ta "-1" .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr curses_input 3 .Sh NOTE The return value of .Fn keyname is a static buffer, which will be overwritten on a subsequent call. .Sh STANDARDS The .Nx Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification. .Sh HISTORY These functions first appeared in .Nx 2.0 .
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