X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_new.3x.html;h=54e94e516a737a9d3431135979a52686a013e29d;hp=f6dd76a161ed79bb076fe349a58bc370f76879a7;hb=refs%2Ftags%2Fv5.3;hpb=c633e5103a29a38532cf1925257b91cea33fd090 diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index f6dd76a1..54e94e51 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html @@ -1,16 +1,55 @@ + + +
+- form_field_new - create and destroy form fields + form_field_new - create and destroy form fields
- #include <form.h> + #include <form.h> FIELD *new_field(int height, int width, int toprow, int leftcol, int offscreen, int nbuffers); @@ -21,52 +60,52 @@
- The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- + The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers. - The function dup_field duplicates a field at a new loca- + The function dup_field duplicates a field at a new loca- tion. Most attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count, growth threshold, justifi- cation, foreground, background, pad character, options, and user pointer) are copied. Field status and the field page bit are not copied. - The function link_field acts like dup_field, but the new + The function link_field acts like dup_field, but the new field shares buffers with its parent. Attribute data is separate. - The function free_field de-allocates storage associated + The function free_field de-allocates storage associated with a field.
- The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL + The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL on error. - The function free_field returns one of the following: + The function free_field returns one of the following: - E_OK The routine succeeded. + E_OK The routine succeeded. - E_SYSTEM_ERROR - System error occurred (see errno). + E_SYSTEM_ERROR + System error occurred (see errno). - E_BAD_ARGUMENT + E_BAD_ARGUMENT Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment.
- curses(3x), form(3x). + curses(3x), form(3x).
- The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header - file <curses.h>. + The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header + file <curses.h>.@@ -75,7 +114,7 @@ were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied - by dup_field(3x) being portable; the System V forms + by dup_field(3x) being portable; the System V forms library documents are not very explicit on what gets copied and was not.