X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform.3x.html;h=4bfdf734c6891a0fcd1bd0339e46dc43c787a202;hp=6e4bb87a12462c6e71897fc927a493189c679e01;hb=HEAD;hpb=8f6d94b8d6211a2323caef53fa4c96c475ec9a62 diff --git a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html index 6e4bb87a..fcdb7af1 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ -
--form(3x) form(3x) +form(3x) Library calls form(3x) @@ -58,8 +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. @@ -84,7 +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 -------------------------------------------------- @@ -110,8 +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) @@ -119,8 +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) @@ -162,15 +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. @@ -209,36 +211,31 @@
- 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 - would give you a link error when using static libraries). + The header file form.h itself includes curses.h.
- 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 - Programming (UNIX SVR4.2). + A form facility was documented in SVr4.2's Character User Interface + Programming document. It is not part of X/Open Curses. - Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: + Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: o systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris. o NetBSD curses. A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for - ncurses, but not provided by other implementations, e.g., + 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. @@ -246,11 +243,9 @@ curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. - This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20190518). - - form(3x) +ncurses 6.5 2024-03-16 form(3x)