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 key_defined - test whether a curses keycode is defined

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#include <curses.h>

int key_defined(const char *definition);

This is an extension to the curses library. It permits an application to determine if a string is currently bound to any keycode.

If the string is bound to a keycode, its value (greater than zero) is returned. If no keycode is bound, zero is returned. If the string conflicts with longer strings which are bound to keys, -1 is returned.

This routine is specific to  ncurses. It was not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any code depending on them be conditioned using  NCURSES_VERSION.

Thomas Dickey

 define_key(3X)