X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform.3x.html;h=f7ef59574d1a9356c0c878f019415f239cc6f1db;hp=27ff8706619b33583230a0532204a514dfdca55d;hb=82a087c4c47679fcfa59bb6d7bdbe587355ba3f6;hpb=46722468f47c2b77b3987729b4bcf2321cccfd01 diff --git a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html index 27ff8706..f7ef5957 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@+form(3x) form(3x) + + +
@@ -66,7 +70,6 @@ before using any of these functions. To use the form library, link with the options -lform -lcurses. - 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 @@ -75,7 +78,6 @@ 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 of the manual page on which it is described. @@ -100,7 +102,6 @@ field_opts_off form_field_opts(3x) field_opts_on form_field_opts(3x) field_pad form_field_attributes(3x) - field_status form_field_buffer(3x) field_term form_hook(3x) field_type form_field_validation(3x) @@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ 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) @@ -119,11 +121,13 @@ form_userptr form_userptr(3x) form_win form_win(3x) free_field form_field_new(3x) + free_fieldtype form_fieldtype(3x) free_form form_new(3x) link_field form_field_new(3x) link_fieldtype form_fieldtype(3x) move_field form_field(3x) new_field form_field_new(3x) + new_fieldtype form_fieldtype(3x) new_form form_new(3x) new_page form_new_page(3x) pos_form_cursor form_cursor(3x) @@ -158,37 +162,23 @@
- Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Rou- - tines 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. - E_CONNECTED - The field is already connected to a form. - - E_SYSTEM_ERROR - System error occurred (see errno). - E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. - E_POSTED - The form is already posted. - E_BAD_STATE Routine was called from an initialization or termina- tion function. - E_NO_ROOM - Form is too large for its window. - - E_NOT_POSTED - The form has not been posted. - - E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND - The form driver code saw an unknown request code. + E_CONNECTED + The field is already connected to a form. E_INVALID_FIELD Contents of a field are not valid. @@ -196,9 +186,24 @@ E_NOT_CONNECTED No fields are connected to the form. + E_NOT_POSTED + The form has not been posted. + + E_NO_ROOM + Form is too large for its window. + + E_POSTED + The form is already posted. + E_REQUEST_DENIED The form driver could not process the request. + E_SYSTEM_ERROR + System error occurred (see errno). + + E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND + The form driver code saw an unknown request code. +
@@ -211,69 +216,31 @@ The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. - In your library list, libform.a should be before 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 - using GNU ld(1) and many other linkers). + 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 20070303). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + form(3x)