ncurses 6.0 - patch 20160514

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

diff --git a/man/form_new.3x b/man/form_new.3x
index 0f4c5015d11b5640518924725479f3e734ca014c..94a046d1ae98cfaa9b866f1dba1773d8e978413d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 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_new.3x,v 1.5 1998/11/29 01:07:37 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_new.3x,v 1.10 2015/12/05 23:01:16 tom Exp $

 .TH form_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH form_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBform_new\fR - create and destroy forms
+\fBnew_form\fR,
+\fBfree_form\fP \- create and destroy forms

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


@@ -41,24 +42,34 @@ int free_form(FORM *form);
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBnew_form\fR creates a new form connected to a specified field
 pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBnew_form\fR creates a new form connected to a specified field
 pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).

-
+.PP

 The function \fBfree_form\fR disconnects \fIform\fR from its field array
 and frees the storage allocated for the form.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function \fBnew_form\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
 The function \fBfree_form\fR disconnects \fIform\fR from its field array
 and frees the storage allocated for the form.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function \fBnew_form\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.

-
-The function \fBfree_form\fR returns one of the following:
+It sets errno according to the function's success:

 .TP 5
 .TP 5

-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK

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

-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
+.TP 5
+.B E_CONNECTED
+The field is already connected to a form.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+.PP
+The function \fBfree_form\fR returns one of the following:
+.TP 5
+.B E_OK
+The routine succeeded.

 .TP 5
 .TP 5

-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT

 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_POSTED\fR
+.B E_POSTED

 The form has already been posted.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
 The form has already been posted.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).


@@ -71,9 +82,3 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .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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