ncurses 6.0 - patch 20150808

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

diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x
index 75fc78aee2d461552b5c07d9845013f4403f1dfc..c379a4d8c8b5293d7663c9d5111aaf4c3ad620d1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form.3x
+++ b/man/form.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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            *


@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.21 2008/04/26 17:11:52 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.26 2015/08/02 18:14:50 tom Exp $

 .TH form 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH form 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
+\fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br


@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ routines, which create and modify form fields; and form routines, which group
 fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle interaction with the
 user.
 .PP
 fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle interaction with the
 user.
 .PP

-The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses
-initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of
-these functions.  To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
-\fB-lform -lcurses\fR.
+The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries.
+To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
+\fB\-lform \-lcurses\fR.
+.PP
+Your program should set up the locale, e.g.,
+.sp
+     \fBsetlocale(LC_ALL, "");\fP
+.sp
+so that input/output processing will work.
+.PP
+A curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called
+before using any of these functions.

 .
 .SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
 .
 .
 .SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
 .


@@ -88,6 +96,7 @@ 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)


@@ -181,15 +190,12 @@ 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
+you want to say `\-lform \-lncurses', not the other way around (which would

 give you a link error using most linkers).
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on
 give you a link error using most linkers).
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on


@@ -198,11 +204,8 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 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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