ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170304

[ncurses.git] / man / form.3x

diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x
index 71349b36aee90492e2cee7f083db7a359520b159..64759f2f69677f73025c8dd740e9144fb8ae1c05 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form.3x
+++ b/man/form.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.23 2010/07/31 16:10:55 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.29 2017/02/18 16:46:53 tom Exp $

 .TH form 3X ""
 .TH form 3X ""

+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''

 .SH NAME
 \fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 \fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ field_term   \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
 field_type     \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
 field_userptr  \fBform_field_userptr\fR(3X)
 form_driver    \fBform_driver\fR(3X)
 field_type     \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
 field_userptr  \fBform_field_userptr\fR(3X)
 form_driver    \fBform_driver\fR(3X)

+form_driver_w  \fBform_driver\fR(3X)*

 form_fields    \fBform_field\fR(3X)
 form_init      \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
 form_opts      \fBform_opts\fR(3X)
 form_fields    \fBform_field\fR(3X)
 form_init      \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
 form_opts      \fBform_opts\fR(3X)


@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ set_form_userptr    \fBform_userptr\fR(3X)
 set_form_win   \fBform_win\fR(3X)
 set_max_field  \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
 set_new_page   \fBform_new_page\fR(3X)
 set_form_win   \fBform_win\fR(3X)
 set_max_field  \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
 set_new_page   \fBform_new_page\fR(3X)

+unfocus_current_field  \fBform_page\fR(3X)

 unpost_form    \fBform_post\fR(3X)
 .TE
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 unpost_form    \fBform_post\fR(3X)
 .TE
 .SH RETURN VALUE


@@ -189,28 +195,26 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .TP 5
 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
 The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
 .TP 5
 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
 The form driver code saw an unknown request code.

-.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
-descriptions of the entry points.

 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
 \fB<curses.h>\fR and \fB<eti.h>\fR.
 .PP
 In your library list, libform.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
 \fB<curses.h>\fR and \fB<eti.h>\fR.
 .PP
 In your library list, libform.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,

-you want to say `\-lform \-lncurses', not the other way around (which would
-give you a link error using most linkers).
+you want to say \*(``\-lform \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
+(which would give you a link error when using static libraries).

 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.

+.PP
+A few functions are extensions added for ncurses, e.g.,
+\fBform_driver_w\fP,
+\fBunfocus_current_field\fP.

 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO

+\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
+descriptions of the entry points.
+.PP

 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).

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