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man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
- return character string used as key name
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib \ -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> char *keyname(int c);
char *key_name(wchar_t wc);
Is an 8 bit-character or a key code.
Is a wide character key name.
The keyname() function returns a string pointer to the key name. Make a duplicate copy of the returned string if you plan to modify it.
The key_name() function is similar except that it accepts a wide character key name.
The following table shows the format of the key name based on the input.
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In the preceding table, X can be either a visible character with the high bit cleared or a control character.
On success, these functions return a pointer to the string used as the key's name. Otherwise, they return a null pointer.
None.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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libcurses(3XCURSES), meta(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)