X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_new.3x.html;h=b266a7e956b0fb904d26b92e9bc4e962cf57ec26;hb=302a066a01e4de40f08b397e87ca0e97f20870a7;hp=5081eaa8008b6d8e4b356f5e554623c40803954f;hpb=b0b1980be11bba618d84beb8b30ac94e2c820602;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index 5081eaa8..b266a7e9 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ - +
+ +- form_field_new(3x) form_field_new(3x) --
- form_field_new - create and destroy form fields +
+ new_field, dup_field, link_field, free_field - create and + destroy form fields --
+
#include <form.h> FIELD *new_field(int height, int width, int toprow, int leftcol, @@ -62,37 +61,35 @@ int free_field(FIELD *field); --
- The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- - izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of - upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number +
+ The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- + izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of + upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers. - The function dup_field duplicates a field at a new loca- - tion. Most attributes (including current contents, size, - validation type, buffer count, growth threshold, justifi- - cation, foreground, background, pad character, options, - and user pointer) are copied. Field status and the field + The function dup_field duplicates a field at a new loca- + tion. Most attributes (including current contents, size, + validation type, buffer count, growth threshold, justifi- + cation, foreground, background, pad character, options, + and user pointer) are copied. Field status and the field page bit are not copied. - The function link_field acts like dup_field, but the new - field shares buffers with its parent. Attribute data is + The function link_field acts like dup_field, but the new + field shares buffers with its parent. Attribute data is separate. - The function free_field de-allocates storage associated + The function free_field de-allocates storage associated with a field. --
+
The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL on error. They set errno according to their success: E_OK The routine succeeded. E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. E_SYSTEM_ERROR @@ -103,45 +100,51 @@ E_OK The routine succeeded. E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. E_CONNECTED field is connected. --
+
curses(3x), form(3x). --
+
The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>. --
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They +
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. - It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied - by dup_field being portable; the System V forms library + It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied + by dup_field being portable; the System V forms library documents are not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not. --
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new +
+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. form_field_new(3x)-