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+<H1 class="no-header">form_field_buffer 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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-<STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>
Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><form.h></STRONG>
- int set_field_buffer(FIELD *field, int buf, const char *value);
- char *field_buffer(const FIELD *field, int buffer);
- int set_field_status(FIELD *field, bool status);
- bool field_status(const FIELD *field);
- int set_max_field(FIELD *field, int max);
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>set_field_buffer(FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>field</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>buf</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>value</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*field_buffer(const</STRONG> <STRONG>FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>field</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>buffer</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>set_field_status(FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>field</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <EM>status</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>field_status(const</STRONG> <STRONG>FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>field</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>set_max_field(FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>field</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>max</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Buffer 0 is the displayed value of the field.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Other numbered buffers may be allocated by applications through
- the <STRONG>nbuf</STRONG> argument of (see <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>) but are not manip-
- ulated by the forms library.
+ the <STRONG>nbuf</STRONG> argument of (see <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>) but are not
+ manipulated by the forms library.
The function <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> returns a pointer to the contents of the
given numbered buffer:
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> function returns NULL on error. It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG> accord-
- ing to their success:
+ The <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> function returns NULL on error. It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG>
+ according to their success:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
- descriptions of the entry points.
-
-
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- The header file <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header file
-
- When configured for wide characters, <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> returns a pointer to
- temporary storage (allocated and freed by the library). The applica-
- tion should not attempt to modify the data. It will be freed on the
- next call to <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> to return the same buffer. <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
+ When configured for wide characters, <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> returns a pointer to
+ temporary storage (allocated and freed by the library). The
+ application should not attempt to modify the data. It will be freed on
+ the next call to <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> to return the same buffer.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-
- ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not
+ supported 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
+ The <STRONG>set_max_field</STRONG> function checks for an <EM>ncurses</EM> extension
+ <STRONG>O_INPUT_FIELD</STRONG> which allows a dynamic field to shrink if the new limit
is smaller than the current field size.
Raymond.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
+ descriptions of the entry points.
+
- <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
+ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>
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