ncurses 5.9 - patch 20120908

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_validation.3x b/man/form_field_validation.3x
index 2da52efd2e36392a7cfa0ae9da4985f3fb1a4343..3505fdb231b8b11c040d786dd95d8657bed5c944 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_validation.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_validation.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 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            *
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.16 2006/12/24 16:08:08 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.20 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_validation 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_field_validation\fR - data type validation for fields
+\fBform_field_validation\fR \- data type validation for fields
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ argument pointing to a string list; a fourth \fBint\fR flag argument to enable
 case-sensitivity; and a fifth \fBint\fR flag argument specifying whether a partial
 match must be a unique one (if this flag is off, a prefix matches the first
 of any set of more than one list elements with that prefix). Please notice
-that the string list is not copied, only a reference to it is stored in the
-field. So you should avoid using a list that lives in automatic variables
-on the stack.
+that the string list is copied. So you may use a list that lives in automatic variables on the stack.
 .TP 5
 TYPE_INTEGER
 Integer data, parsable to an integer by \fBatoi(3)\fR.  Requires a third
@@ -101,10 +99,10 @@ Regular expression data.  Requires a regular expression \fB(char *)\fR third arg
 the data is valid if the regular expression matches it.  Regular expressions
 are in the format of \fBregcomp\fR and \fBregexec\fR. Please notice
 that the regular expression must match the whole field. If you have for
-example an eight character wide field, a regular expression "^[0-9]*$" always
+example an eight character wide field, a regular expression "^[0\-9]*$" always
 means that you have to fill all eight positions with digits. If you want to
-allow fewer digits, you may use for example "^[0-9]* *$" which is good for
-trailing spaces (up to an empty field), or "^ *[0-9]* *$" which is good for
+allow fewer digits, you may use for example "^[0\-9]* *$" which is good for
+trailing spaces (up to an empty field), or "^ *[0\-9]* *$" which is good for
 leading and trailing spaces around the digits.
 .TP 5
 TYPE_IPV4
@@ -126,7 +124,9 @@ The routine succeeded.
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBform\fR(3X),
+\fBform_variables\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.
@@ -136,9 +136,3 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
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