X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform.3x.html;h=c95854dd706c5848a2940d74f269880503198e55;hp=b98cb4a65949b35f3034b2cc5155877a5c5d117b;hb=acc28c6418f43cbf15187f2f1fd9a562d5d96535;hpb=f70db18a0c3c6a828d8a5999be37239f01c9d98a diff --git a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html index b98cb4a6..c95854dd 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - +
@@ -65,21 +65,28 @@ into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle inter- action with the user. - The form library uses the curses libraries, and a curses - initialization routine such as initscr must be called - before using any of these functions. To use the form - library, link with the options -lform -lcurses. + The form library uses the curses libraries. To use the + form library, link with the options -lform -lcurses. + + Your program should set up the locale, e.g., + + setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); + + so that input/output processing will work. + + A curses initialization routine such as initscr must be + called before using any of these functions. Current Default Values for Field Attributes - The form library maintains a default value for field - attributes. You can get or set this default by calling - the appropriate set_ or retrieval routine with a NULL + The form library maintains a default value for field + attributes. You can get or set this default by calling + the appropriate set_ or retrieval routine with a NULL field pointer. Changing this default with a set_ function - affects future field creations, but does not change the + affects future field creations, but does not change the rendering of fields already created. Routine Name Index - The following table lists each form routine and the name + The following table lists each form routine and the name of the manual page on which it is described. curses Routine Name Manual Page Name @@ -88,7 +95,7 @@ data_ahead form_data(3x) data_behind form_data(3x) dup_field form_field_new(3x) - dynamic_fieldinfo form_field_info(3x) + dynamic_field_info form_field_info(3x) field_arg form_field_validation(3x) field_back form_field_attributes(3x) field_buffer form_field_buffer(3x) @@ -105,6 +112,7 @@ field_status form_field_buffer(3x) field_term form_hook(3x) field_type form_field_validation(3x) + field_userptr form_field_userptr(3x) form_driver form_driver(3x) form_fields form_field(3x) @@ -112,7 +120,6 @@ form_opts form_opts(3x) 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) @@ -162,15 +169,15 @@- 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 + 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. E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. E_BAD_STATE @@ -216,27 +223,27 @@ The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. - In your library list, libform.a should be before libn- + In your library list, libform.a should be before libn- curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lform -lncurses', not - the other way around (which would give you a link error + the other way around (which would give you a link error using most linkers).
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They + These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses + Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond.
- This describes ncurses version 5.6 (patch 20061224). + This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20140809).