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<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
- System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
+ System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>).
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-
ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
+ The <STRONG>set_max_field</STRONG> function checks for an ncurses extension
+ <STRONG>O_INPUT_FIELD</STRONG> which allows a dynamic field to shrink if the new limit
+ is smaller than the current field size.
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</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.