ncurses 6.0 - patch 20160514

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_info.3x b/man/form_field_info.3x
index 56b81ac7daa0a1066d65687616393a7d5a16d98f..9a40d3fe1ea6e5468522313a1b3951a8b74c3d6d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_info.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_info.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.         *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 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            *
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 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.8 2002/01/19 22:48:32 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.13 2015/12/05 23:01:16 tom Exp $

 .TH form_field_info 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH form_field_info 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBform_field_info\fR - retrieve field characteristics
+\fBdynamic_field_info\fP,
+\fBfield_info\fR \- retrieve field characteristics

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


@@ -44,21 +45,22 @@ 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.
 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

-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK

 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR

 System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .TP 5
 System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .TP 5

-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT

 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed


@@ -76,9 +78,3 @@ 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.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.

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