ncurses 5.5

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_buffer.3x b/man/form_field_buffer.3x
index 202d4e7e0da5db2bc16328b19ba30a7de0d84ad8..c5d1d2ee199812670d0e5c6f7278dfd0fc9e5118 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_buffer.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_buffer.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2005 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            *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.8 1999/06/16 00:37:09 juergen Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.12 2005/05/15 15:59:55 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_buffer 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform_field_buffer\fR - field buffer control
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ to contain a given string.  Buffer 0 is the displayed value of the field; other
 numbered buffers may be allocated by applications through the \fBnbuf\fR
 argument of (see \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)) but are not manipulated by the forms
 library.  The function \fBfield_buffer\fR returns the address of the buffer.
-Please note that this buffer has always the length of the buffer, that means 
+Please note that this buffer has always the length of the buffer, that means
 that it may typically contain trailing spaces. If you entered leading spaces
 the buffer may also contain them. If you want the raw data, you must write your
 own routine that copies the value out of the buffer and removes the leading
 and trailing spaces. Please note also, that subsequent operations on the form
-will probably change the content of the buffer. So don't use it for long term
+will probably change the content of the buffer. So do not use it for long term
 storage of the entered form data.
 
 The function \fBset_field_status\fR sets the associated status flag of
@@ -80,10 +80,16 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X) and 3X pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
+\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 file
+
+When configured for wide-characters, \fBfield_buffer\fP 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 \fBfield_buffer\fP to return the
+same buffer.
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on