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diff --git a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html
index edb8d24c..22bcb8f5 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: form.3x,v 1.35 2020/03/28 19:06:28 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: form.3x,v 1.36 2020/12/12 16:34:33 tom Exp @
-->
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
The form library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing
form screens on character-cell terminals. The library includes: field
routines, which create and modify form fields; and form routines, which
- group fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle inter-
- action with the user.
+ group fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle
+ interaction with the user.
The form library uses the curses libraries. To use the form library,
link with the options -lform -lcurses.
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
The following table lists each form routine and the name of the manual
- page on which it is described.
+ page on which it is described. Routines flagged with "*" are ncurses-
+ specific, not present in SVr4.
curses Routine Name Manual Page Name
--------------------------------------------------
@@ -111,8 +112,8 @@
field_term form_hook(3x)
field_type form_field_validation(3x)
field_userptr form_field_userptr(3x)
- form_driver form_driver(3x)
+ form_driver form_driver(3x)
form_driver_w form_driver(3x)*
form_fields form_field(3x)
form_init form_hook(3x)
@@ -120,8 +121,8 @@
form_opts_off form_opts(3x)
form_opts_on form_opts(3x)
form_page form_page(3x)
- form_request_by_name form_requestname(3x)
- form_request_name form_requestname(3x)
+ form_request_by_name form_requestname(3x)*
+ form_request_name form_requestname(3x)*
form_sub form_win(3x)
form_term form_hook(3x)
form_userptr form_userptr(3x)
@@ -163,15 +164,15 @@
set_form_win form_win(3x)
set_max_field form_field_buffer(3x)
set_new_page form_new_page(3x)
- unfocus_current_field form_page(3x)
+ unfocus_current_field form_page(3x)*
unpost_form form_post(3x)
- Routines that return pointers return NULL on error, and set errno to
- the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an inte-
- ger. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error
- codes:
+ Routines that return pointers return NULL on error, and set errno to
+ the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an
+ integer. Routines that return an integer return one of the following
+ error codes:
E_OK The routine succeeded.
@@ -210,19 +211,19 @@
- The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files
+ The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files
<curses.h> and <eti.h>.
In your library list, libform.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
- you want to say "-lform -lncurses", not the other way around (which
+ you want to say "-lform -lncurses", not the other way around (which
would give you a link error when using static libraries).
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-
- ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not
+ supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
- The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface
+ The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface
Programming (UNIX SVR4.2).
It is not part of X/Open Curses.
@@ -233,21 +234,21 @@
o NetBSD curses.
- A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for
+ A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for
ncurses, but not provided by other implementations, e.g.,
form_driver_w, unfocus_current_field.
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S.
+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S.
Raymond.
- curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
+ curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
descriptions of the entry points.
- This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20201003).
+ This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20210403).