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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010031.\" $Id: key_defined.3x,v 1.6 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053032.TH key_defined 3X ""
33.SH NAME
34\fBkey_defined\fP \- check if a keycode is defined
35.SH SYNOPSIS
36\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
37.sp
38\fBint key_defined(const char *definition);\fP
39.SH DESCRIPTION
40This is an extension to the curses library.
41It permits an application to determine if a string is currently bound
42to any keycode.
43.SH RETURN VALUE
44If the string is bound to a keycode, its value (greater than zero) is returned.
45If no keycode is bound, zero is returned.
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010046If the string conflicts with longer strings which are bound to keys, \-1 is returned.
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053047.SH PORTABILITY
48These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on
49Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that
50any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
51.SH SEE ALSO
52\fBdefine_key\fR(3X).
53.SH AUTHOR
54Thomas Dickey.