ncurses 5.3

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_info.3x b/man/form_field_info.3x
index f64c662e6059d259295de70a27e47f423ce765e4..56b81ac7daa0a1066d65687616393a7d5a16d98f 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_info.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_info.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000,2001,2002 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_info.3x,v 1.5 1998/11/29 01:06:24 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.8 2002/01/19 22:48:32 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_info 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform_field_info\fR - retrieve field characteristics
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 int field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols,
               int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);
 .br
-int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, *max);
+int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int *max);
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBfield_info\fR returns the sizes and other attributes passed in
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ 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
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
+.PP
+A null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return values,
+to ignore that value.
+Not all implementations allow this, e.g., Solaris 2.7 does not.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.