ncurses 6.3 - patch 20220703

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

diff --git a/man/form_requestname.3x b/man/form_requestname.3x
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--- a/man/form_requestname.3x
+++ b/man/form_requestname.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 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            *
@@ -27,44 +28,43 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_requestname.3x,v 1.8 2010/07/31 16:08:48 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_requestname.3x,v 1.19 2022/02/12 20:03:40 tom Exp $
 .TH form_requestname 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_requestname\fR \- handle printable form request names
+\fBform_request_by_name\fP,
+\fBform_request_name\fP \- handle printable form request names
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <form.h>\fR
+\fB#include <form.h>\fP
+.sp
+\fBconst char *form_request_name(int \fIrequest\fB);\fR
 .br
-const char *form_request_name(int request);
-.br
-int form_request_by_name(const char *name);
+\fBint form_request_by_name(const char *\fIname\fB);\fR
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The function \fBform_request_name\fR returns the printable name of a form
+.SS form_request_name
+The function \fBform_request_name\fP returns the printable name of a form
 request code.
-.br
-The function \fBform_request_by_name\fR searches in the name-table for a request
-with the given name and returns its request code. Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.
+.SS form_request_name_by_name
+The function \fBform_request_by_name\fP searches in the name-table for a request
+with the given name and returns its request code.
+Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-\fBform_request_name\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error and sets errno
-to \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR.
-.br
-\fBform_request_by_name\fR returns \fBE_NO_MATCH\fR on error.
-It does not set errno.
+\fBform_request_name\fP returns \fBNULL\fP on error and sets \fBerrno\fP
+to \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fP.
+.PP
+\fBform_request_by_name\fP returns \fBE_NO_MATCH\fP on error.
+It does not set \fBerrno\fP.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fP(3X), \fBform\fP(3X).
 .SH NOTES
-The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
-\fB<curses.h>\fR.
+The header file \fB<form.h>\fP automatically includes the header file
+\fB<curses.h>\fP.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These routines are specific to ncurses.  They were not supported on
-Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.  It is recommended that
+These routines are specific to ncurses.
+They were not supported on
+Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
+It is recommended that
 any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
 .SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.