X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fform_field_new.3x;h=05d6d03c7bbf16a695023ee7d31e6d3209b51544;hb=c11444e368f1d5964bd0f81e6e3b0f8c8ccd09cc;hp=1a240d0a7fc3acb400798b4503b21232090eece8;hpb=7884aa084f9440fd964f14fe31853a5f85db5104;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/form_field_new.3x b/man/form_field_new.3x index 1a240d0a..05d6d03c 100644 --- a/man/form_field_new.3x +++ b/man/form_field_new.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey * .\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -28,32 +28,32 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.24 2020/10/24 09:09:18 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.27 2022/02/12 20:03:40 tom Exp $ .TH form_field_new 3X "" .SH NAME -\fBnew_field\fR, -\fBdup_field\fR, -\fBlink_field\fR, -\fBfree_field\fR \- create and destroy form fields +\fBnew_field\fP, +\fBdup_field\fP, +\fBlink_field\fP, +\fBfree_field\fP \- create and destroy form fields .SH SYNOPSIS -\fB#include \fR +\fB#include \fP .sp -\fBFIELD *new_field(int \fP\fIheight\fP\fB, int \fP\fIwidth\fP\fB,\fP - \fBint \fP\fItoprow\fP\fB, int \fP\fIleftcol\fP\fB,\fP - \fBint \fP\fIoffscreen\fP\fB, int \fP\fInbuffers\fP\fB);\fP +\fBFIELD *new_field(int \fIheight\fB, int \fIwidth\fB,\fR + \fBint \fItoprow\fB, int \fIleftcol\fB,\fR + \fBint \fIoffscreen\fB, int \fInbuffers\fB);\fR .br -\fBFIELD *dup_field(FIELD *\fP\fIfield\fP\fB, int \fP\fItoprow\fP\fB, int \fP\fIleftcol\fP\fB);\fP +\fBFIELD *dup_field(FIELD *\fIfield\fB, int \fItoprow\fB, int \fIleftcol\fB);\fR .br -\fBFIELD *link_field(FIELD *\fP\fIfield\fP\fB, int \fP\fItoprow\fP\fB, int \fP\fIleftcol\fP\fB);\fP +\fBFIELD *link_field(FIELD *\fIfield\fB, int \fItoprow\fB, int \fIleftcol\fB);\fR .br -\fBint free_field(FIELD *\fP\fIfield\fP\fB);\fP +\fBint free_field(FIELD *\fIfield\fB);\fR .br .SH DESCRIPTION -The function \fBnew_field\fR allocates a new field and initializes it from the +The function \fBnew_field\fP allocates a new field and initializes 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. .PP -The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location. +The function \fBdup_field\fP duplicates a field at a new location. Most attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count, growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad character, @@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ options, and user pointer) are copied. Field status and the field page bit are not copied. .PP -The function \fBlink_field\fR acts like \fBdup_field\fR, but the new field +The function \fBlink_field\fP acts like \fBdup_field\fP, but the new field shares buffers with its parent. Attribute data is separate. .PP -The function \fBfree_field\fR de-allocates storage associated with a field. +The function \fBfree_field\fP de-allocates storage associated with a field. .SH RETURN VALUE -The functions \fBnew_field\fR, \fBdup_field\fR, \fBlink_field\fR return -\fBNULL\fR on error. +The functions \fBnew_field\fP, \fBdup_field\fP, \fBlink_field\fP return +\fBNULL\fP on error. They set \fBerrno\fP according to their success: .TP 5 .B E_OK @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure. .PP -The function \fBfree_field\fR returns one of the following: +The function \fBfree_field\fP returns one of the following: .TP 5 .B E_OK The routine succeeded. @@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. .B E_CONNECTED field is connected. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X). +\fBcurses\fP(3X), \fBform\fP(3X). .SH NOTES -The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header file -\fB\fR. +The header file \fB\fP automatically includes the header file +\fB\fP. .SH PORTABILITY These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. .PP It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by -\fBdup_field\fR being portable; the System V forms library documents are +\fBdup_field\fP being portable; the System V forms library documents are not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not. .SH AUTHORS Juergen Pfeifer.