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.Dd June 13, 2003
.Dt CURSES_KEYNAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm curses_keyname ,
.Nm keyname
.Nd curses report key name routine
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libcurses
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In 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 .
.Pp
The string is formatted according to the following table:
.Bl -column "Meta + control character" "KEY_MIN - KEY_MAX" "String format"
.It "Description" Ta "Key range" Ta "String format"
.It Li "Control character" Ta "0 - 31" Ta "^X"
.It Li "Visible character" Ta "32 - 126" Ta "X"
.It Li "Delete character" Ta "127" Ta "^?"
.It Li "Meta + control character" Ta "128 - 158" Ta "M-^X"
.It Li "Meta + visible character" Ta "159 - 254" Ta "M-X"
.It Li "Meta + delete character" Ta "255" Ta "M-^?"
.It Li "Named key" Ta "KEY_MIN - KEY_MAX" Ta "KEY_EXIT"
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr curses_input 3
.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 .