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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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-  * Copyright (c) 1998,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+  * Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
   *                                                                          *
   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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-  * @Id: form.3x,v 1.15 2002/01/19 22:48:05 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: form.3x,v 1.20 2006/11/04 18:50:09 tom Exp @
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@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
        before using any of these  functions.   To  use  the  <STRONG>form</STRONG>
        library, link with the options <STRONG>-lform</STRONG> <STRONG>-lcurses</STRONG>.
 
        before using any of these  functions.   To  use  the  <STRONG>form</STRONG>
        library, link with the options <STRONG>-lform</STRONG> <STRONG>-lcurses</STRONG>.
 
-
    <STRONG>Current</STRONG> <STRONG>Default</STRONG> <STRONG>Values</STRONG> <STRONG>for</STRONG> <STRONG>Field</STRONG> <STRONG>Attributes</STRONG>
        The  <STRONG>form</STRONG>  library  maintains  a  default  value for field
        attributes.  You can get or set this  default  by  calling
    <STRONG>Current</STRONG> <STRONG>Default</STRONG> <STRONG>Values</STRONG> <STRONG>for</STRONG> <STRONG>Field</STRONG> <STRONG>Attributes</STRONG>
        The  <STRONG>form</STRONG>  library  maintains  a  default  value for field
        attributes.  You can get or set this  default  by  calling
@@ -79,12 +78,10 @@
        affects  future  field  creations, but does not change the
        rendering of fields already created.
 
        affects  future  field  creations, but does not change the
        rendering of fields already created.
 
-
    <STRONG>Routine</STRONG> <STRONG>Name</STRONG> <STRONG>Index</STRONG>
        The following table lists each <STRONG>form</STRONG> routine and  the  name
        of the manual page on which it is described.
 
    <STRONG>Routine</STRONG> <STRONG>Name</STRONG> <STRONG>Index</STRONG>
        The following table lists each <STRONG>form</STRONG> routine and  the  name
        of the manual page on which it is described.
 
-
        <STRONG>curses</STRONG> Routine Name    Manual Page Name
        -------------------------------------------------
        current_field          <STRONG><A HREF="form_page.3x.html">form_page(3x)</A></STRONG>
        <STRONG>curses</STRONG> Routine Name    Manual Page Name
        -------------------------------------------------
        current_field          <STRONG><A HREF="form_page.3x.html">form_page(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -112,10 +109,10 @@
        form_driver            <STRONG><A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_fields            <STRONG><A HREF="form_field.3x.html">form_field(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_init              <STRONG><A HREF="form_hook.3x.html">form_hook(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_driver            <STRONG><A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_fields            <STRONG><A HREF="form_field.3x.html">form_field(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_init              <STRONG><A HREF="form_hook.3x.html">form_hook(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
        form_opts              <STRONG><A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_opts_off          <STRONG><A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_opts_on           <STRONG><A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_opts              <STRONG><A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_opts_off          <STRONG><A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_opts_on           <STRONG><A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
        form_page              <STRONG><A HREF="form_page.3x.html">form_page(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_request_by_name   <STRONG><A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_request_name      <STRONG><A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_page              <STRONG><A HREF="form_page.3x.html">form_page(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_request_by_name   <STRONG><A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_request_name      <STRONG><A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -124,11 +121,13 @@
        form_userptr           <STRONG><A HREF="form_userptr.3x.html">form_userptr(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_win               <STRONG><A HREF="form_win.3x.html">form_win(3x)</A></STRONG>
        free_field             <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_userptr           <STRONG><A HREF="form_userptr.3x.html">form_userptr(3x)</A></STRONG>
        form_win               <STRONG><A HREF="form_win.3x.html">form_win(3x)</A></STRONG>
        free_field             <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
+       free_fieldtype         <STRONG><A HREF="form_fieldtype.3x.html">form_fieldtype(3x)</A></STRONG>
        free_form              <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        link_field             <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        link_fieldtype         <STRONG><A HREF="form_fieldtype.3x.html">form_fieldtype(3x)</A></STRONG>
        move_field             <STRONG><A HREF="form_field.3x.html">form_field(3x)</A></STRONG>
        new_field              <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        free_form              <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        link_field             <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        link_fieldtype         <STRONG><A HREF="form_fieldtype.3x.html">form_fieldtype(3x)</A></STRONG>
        move_field             <STRONG><A HREF="form_field.3x.html">form_field(3x)</A></STRONG>
        new_field              <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
+       new_fieldtype          <STRONG><A HREF="form_fieldtype.3x.html">form_fieldtype(3x)</A></STRONG>
        new_form               <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        new_page               <STRONG><A HREF="form_new_page.3x.html">form_new_page(3x)</A></STRONG>
        pos_form_cursor        <STRONG><A HREF="form_cursor.3x.html">form_cursor(3x)</A></STRONG>
        new_form               <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
        new_page               <STRONG><A HREF="form_new_page.3x.html">form_new_page(3x)</A></STRONG>
        pos_form_cursor        <STRONG><A HREF="form_cursor.3x.html">form_cursor(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -163,37 +162,23 @@
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
-       Routines  that return pointers return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.  Rou-
-       tines that return an integer return one of  the  following
-       error codes:
+       Routines  that  return  pointers return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error, and
+       set errno to  the  corresponding  error-code  returned  by
+       functions  returning  an integer.  Routines that return an
+       integer return one of the following error codes:
 
        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
 
 
        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
 
-       <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
-            The field is already connected to a form.
-
-       <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
-            System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
-
        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
-            Routine  detected  an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
+            Routine detected an incorrect or  out-of-range  argu-
             ment.
 
             ment.
 
-       <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
-            The form is already posted.
-
        <STRONG>E_BAD_STATE</STRONG>
             Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
             tion function.
 
        <STRONG>E_BAD_STATE</STRONG>
             Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
             tion function.
 
-       <STRONG>E_NO_ROOM</STRONG>
-            Form is too large for its window.
-
-       <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG>
-            The form has not been posted.
-
-       <STRONG>E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND</STRONG>
-            The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
+       <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
+            The field is already connected to a form.
 
        <STRONG>E_INVALID_FIELD</STRONG>
             Contents of a field are not valid.
 
        <STRONG>E_INVALID_FIELD</STRONG>
             Contents of a field are not valid.
@@ -201,9 +186,24 @@
        <STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG>
             No fields are connected to the form.
 
        <STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG>
             No fields are connected to the form.
 
+       <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG>
+            The form has not been posted.
+
+       <STRONG>E_NO_ROOM</STRONG>
+            Form is too large for its window.
+
+       <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
+            The form is already posted.
+
        <STRONG>E_REQUEST_DENIED</STRONG>
             The form driver could not process the request.
 
        <STRONG>E_REQUEST_DENIED</STRONG>
             The form driver could not process the request.
 
+       <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
+            System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
+
+       <STRONG>E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND</STRONG>
+            The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
+
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
@@ -216,24 +216,29 @@
        The header file <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
        files <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG> and <STRONG>&lt;eti.h&gt;</STRONG>.
 
        The header file <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
        files <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG> and <STRONG>&lt;eti.h&gt;</STRONG>.
 
-       In  your  library  list,  libform.a should be before libn-
+       In your library list, libform.a  should  be  before  libn-
        curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lform -lncurses', not
        curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lform -lncurses', not
-       the  other  way  around (which would give you a link error
-       using GNU <STRONG><A HREF="ld.1.html">ld(1)</A></STRONG> and many other linkers).
+       the other way around (which would give you  a  link  error
+       using most linkers).
 
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
 
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
-       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.
 
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
        were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
 
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
-       Juergen  Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses
+       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for  ncurses
        by Eric S. Raymond.
 
 
        by Eric S. Raymond.
 
 
+</PRE>
+<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
+       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.5 (patch 20061209).
+
+
 
                                                                <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>
 </PRE>
 
                                                                <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>
 </PRE>
ncurses, with patches starting at ncurses-5.6; new users should use https://github.com/ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots/