X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_new.3x.html;h=de6a498a0c0de6dfc661694e229d2bdc4e2e459f;hp=4c8e1d482e1e0b23b882bd0dd9e17267b2730273;hb=82a087c4c47679fcfa59bb6d7bdbe587355ba3f6;hpb=a8987e73ec254703634802b4f7ee30d3a485524d diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index 4c8e1d48..de6a498a 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ 
 
-form_field_new(3x)                             form_field_new(3x)
+form_field_new(3x)                                   form_field_new(3x)
 
 
 
@@ -87,19 +87,28 @@

RETURN VALUE

        The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL
-       on error.
-
-       The function free_field returns one of the following:
+       on error.  They set errno according to their success:
 
        E_OK The routine succeeded.
 
+       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+            Routine detected an incorrect or  out-of-range  argu-
+            ment.
+
        E_SYSTEM_ERROR
-            System error occurred (see errno).
+            System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+
+       The function free_field returns one of the following:
+
+       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_CONNECTED
+            field is connected.
+

SEE ALSO

@@ -114,23 +123,23 @@

PORTABILITY

-       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.
 
-       It  may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied
-       by  dup_field(3x)  being  portable;  the  System  V  forms
-       library  documents  are  not very explicit about what gets
-       copied and what doesn't.
+       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.

AUTHORS

-       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual  pages  and  adaptation  for  new
+       Juergen  Pfeifer.   Manual  pages  and  adaptation for new
        curses by Eric S. Raymond.
 
 
 
-                                               form_field_new(3x)
+                                                     form_field_new(3x)