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-.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.17 2010/07/31 16:09:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.20 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
.TH form_field_new 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBform_field_new\fR \- create and destroy form fields
+\fBnew_field\fR,
+\fBdup_field\fR,
+\fBlink_field\fR,
+\fBfree_field\fR \- create and destroy form fields
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <form.h>\fR
.br
parameters given: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left
corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers.
.PP
-The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location. Most
+The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location.
+Most
attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count,
growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad character,
-options, and user pointer) are copied. Field status and the field page bit are
+options, and user pointer) are copied.
+Field status and the field page bit are
not copied.
.PP
The function \fBlink_field\fR acts like \fBdup_field\fR, but the new field
-shares buffers with its parent. Attribute data is separate.
+shares buffers with its parent.
+Attribute data is separate.
.PP
The function \fBfree_field\fR de-allocates storage associated with a field.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
\fB<curses.h>\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on
+These routines emulate the System V forms library.
+They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
.PP
It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by
\fBdup_field\fR being portable; the System V forms library documents are
not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not.
.SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
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+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.