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</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><form.h></STRONG>
- int field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols,
- int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);
- int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int
- *max);
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>field_info(const</STRONG> <STRONG>FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>field</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>rows</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>cols</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>frow</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fcol</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>nrow</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>nbuf</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>dynamic_field_info(const</STRONG> <STRONG>FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>field</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>rows</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>cols</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>max</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>field_info</STRONG> returns the sizes and other attributes passed
- in to the field at its creation time. The attributes are: height,
- width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number
+ The function <STRONG>field_info</STRONG> returns the sizes and other attributes passed
+ in to the field at its creation time. The attributes are: height,
+ width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number
off-screen rows, and number of working buffers.
- The function <STRONG>dynamic_field_info</STRONG> returns the actual size of the field,
- and its maximum possible size. If the field has no size limit, the
+ The function <STRONG>dynamic_field_info</STRONG> returns the actual size of the field,
+ and its maximum possible size. If the field has no size limit, the
location addressed by the third argument will be set to 0. A field can
be made dynamic by turning off the <STRONG>O_STATIC</STRONG> option with <STRONG>field_opts_off</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
descriptions of the entry points.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-
ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
- A null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return values, to
- ignore that value. Not all implementations allow this, e.g., Solaris
+ A null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return values, to
+ ignore that value. Not all implementations allow this, e.g., Solaris
2.7 does not.