ncurses 5.5

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_info.3x b/man/form_field_info.3x
index 6165dd76479efe925806c1d76f37a06cdcf4d6d1..7ebf5f0dbc928dc20402524faf4c792d47c68e7e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_info.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_info.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2005 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" 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.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.6 2000/04/15 22:21:31 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.9 2005/10/08 22:15:07 tom Exp $

 .TH form_field_info 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform_field_info\fR - retrieve field characteristics
 .TH form_field_info 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform_field_info\fR - retrieve field characteristics


@@ -37,18 +37,19 @@
 int field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols,
               int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);
 .br
 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
 to the field at its creation time.  The attributes are: height, width, row of
 upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and
 number of working buffers.
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBfield_info\fR returns the sizes and other attributes passed in
 to the field at its creation time.  The attributes are: height, width, row of
 upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and
 number of working buffers.

-
+.PP

 The function \fBdynamic_field_info\fR returns the actual size of the field, and
 its maximum possible size.  If the field has no size limit, the location
 The function \fBdynamic_field_info\fR returns the actual size of the field, and
 its maximum possible size.  If the field has no size limit, the location

-addressed by the third argument will be set to 0.  (A field can be made dynamic
-by turning off the \fBO_STATIC\fR).
+addressed by the third argument will be set to 0.
+A field can be made dynamic
+by turning off the \fBO_STATIC\fR option with \fBfield_opts_off\fR.

 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These routines return one of the following:
 .TP 5
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These routines return one of the following:
 .TP 5


@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \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
 descriptions of the entry points.
 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file