X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_new.3x.html;h=b266a7e956b0fb904d26b92e9bc4e962cf57ec26;hp=de6a498a0c0de6dfc661694e229d2bdc4e2e459f;hb=3eda6f30a84d53844d2ebceadb457e2e7e9cfbf3;hpb=f70db18a0c3c6a828d8a5999be37239f01c9d98a diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index de6a498a..b266a7e9 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ - +
+ +- form_field_new(3x) form_field_new(3x) --
- form_field_new - create and destroy form fields +
+ new_field, dup_field, link_field, free_field - create and + destroy form fields --
+
#include <form.h> FIELD *new_field(int height, int width, int toprow, int leftcol, @@ -62,11 +61,10 @@ int free_field(FIELD *field); --
- 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 +
+ 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- @@ -84,8 +82,7 @@ with a field. --
+
The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL on error. They set errno according to their success: @@ -110,30 +107,26 @@ field is connected. --
+
curses(3x), form(3x). --
+
The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>. --
+
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by dup_field being portable; the System V forms library documents are not very explicit about what gets copied and - what doesn't. + what does not. --
+
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. @@ -141,10 +134,17 @@ form_field_new(3x)-