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diff --git a/termkey_keyname2sym.3 b/termkey_keyname2sym.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aba22f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/termkey_keyname2sym.3 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +.TH TERMKEY_KEYNAME2SYM 3 +.SH NAME +termkey_keyname2sym \- look up a symbolic key value for a string name +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <termkey.h> +.sp +.BI "termkey_keysym termkey_keyname2sym(termkey_t *" tk ", const char *" keyname ); +.fi +.sp +Link with \fI-ltermkey\fP. +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBtermkey_keyname2sym\fP looks up the symbolic key value represented by the given string name. This is a case-sensitive comparison. If the given name is not found, \fBTERMKEY_SYM_UNKNOWN\fP is returned instead. This function is the inverse of \fBtermkey_get_keyname\fP(3). +.PP +Because the key names are stored in an array indexed by the symbol number, this function has to perform a linear search of the names. Use of this function should be restricted to converting key names into symbolic values during a program's initialisation, so that efficient comparisons can be done while it is running. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +\fBtermkey_get_key\fP() returns a pointer to a string. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR termkey_new (3), +.BR termkey_get_keyname (3), +.BR termkey_snprint_key (3) |