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.