netbsd man page for keyname

CURSES_KEYNAME(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					 CURSES_KEYNAME(3)

NAME
     curses_keyname, keyname -- curses report key name routine

LIBRARY
     Curses Library (libcurses, -lcurses)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curses.h>

     char *
     keyname(int key);

DESCRIPTION
     The function keyname() generates a character string containing a description of the key specified in key.

     The string is formatted according to the following table:

     Description		 Key range	      String format
     Control character		 0 - 31 	      ^X
     Visible character		 32 - 126	      X
     Delete character		 127		      ^?
     Meta + control character	 128 - 158	      M-^X
     Meta + visible character	 159 - 254	      M-X
     Meta + delete character	 255		      M-^?
     Named key			 KEY_MIN - KEY_MAX    KEY_EXIT
     Unknown key				      -1

SEE ALSO
     curses_input(3)

NOTE
     The return value of keyname() is a static buffer, which will be overwritten on a subsequent call.

STANDARDS
     The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.

HISTORY
     These functions first appeared in NetBSD 2.0.

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								 October 17, 2007							       BSD