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+form_fieldtype(3x)                             form_fieldtype(3x)
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NAME

@@ -72,11 +76,11 @@
        The function new_fieldtype creates a new field type usable
        for data validation.  You supply it  with  field_check,  a
        predicate  to check the validity of an entered data string
-       whenever the user attempt to leave a field.  The (FIELD *)
-       argument  is passed in so the validation predicate can see
-       the field's buffer, sizes and other attributes; the second
-       argument  is an argument-block structure, about which more
-       below.
+       whenever the user attempts to leave a field.   The  (FIELD
+       *)  argument  is passed in so the validation predicate can
+       see the field's buffer, sizes and  other  attributes;  the
+       second  argument  is  an  argument-block  structure, about
+       which more below.
 
        You also supply new_fieldtype with char_check, a  function
        to  validate input characters as they are entered; it will
@@ -86,26 +90,30 @@
        The  function free_fieldtype frees the space allocated for
        a given validation type.
 
-       The function set_fieldtype associates  three  storage-man-
-       agement functions with a field type.  The mak_arg function
-       is automatically applied to the list of arguments you give
-       set_field_type  when  attaching validation to a field; its
-       job is to bundle these into  an  allocated  argument-block
-       object which can later be passed to validation predicated.
-       The other two hook arguments should copy  and  free  argu-
-       ment-block  structures.   They  will be used by the forms-
-       driver code. You must supply  the  mak_arg  function,  the
-       other  two  are optional, you may supply NULL for them. In
-       this case it is assumed,  that  mak_arg  doesn't  allocate
+       The function set_fieldtype_arg associates  three  storage-
+       management  functions  with  a  field  type.  The make_arg
+       function is automatically applied to the list of arguments
+       you  give  set_field_type  when  attaching validation to a
+       field; its job is to bundle these into an allocated  argu-
+       ment-block  object which can later be passed to validation
+       predicated.  The other two hook arguments should copy  and
+       free  argument-block structures.  They will be used by the
+       forms-driver code.  You must supply the make_arg function,
+       the  other two are optional, you may supply NULL for them.
+       In this case it is assumed that make_arg does not allocate
        memory  but simply loads the argument into a single scalar
        value.
 
+       The function link_fieldtype creates a new field type  from
+       the  two  given  types.   They are connected by an logical
+       'OR'.
+
        The   form    driver    requests    REQ_NEXT_CHOICE    and
        REQ_PREV_CHOICE assume that the possible values of a field
        form an ordered set, and provide the forms user with a way
        to  move  through the set.  The set_fieldtype_choice func-
-       tion allows forms programmers to define successor and pre-
-       decessor  functions  for  the field type.  These functions
+       tion allows forms  programmers  to  define  successor  and
+       predecessor functions for the field type.  These functions
        take the field pointer and an argument-block structure  as
        arguments.
 
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+                                               form_fieldtype(3x)