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-.TH form 3X 2023-10-07 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.56 2024/05/25 20:52:38 tom Exp $
+.TH form 3X 2024-05-25 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
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.ds `` \(lq
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.SH NAME
\fBform\fP \-
-curses extension for programming forms
+present user-fillable forms in \fIcurses\fP windows
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <form.h>
A curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fP must be called
before using any of these functions.
.
-.SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
+.SS "Current Default Values for Field Attributes"
.
The \fBform\fP library maintains a default value for field attributes.
You
\fBset_\fP function affects future field creations, but does not change the
rendering of fields already created.
.
-.SS Routine Name Index
+.SS "Routine Name Index"
.
The following table lists each \fBform\fP routine and the name of
the manual page on which it is described.
Routines flagged with \*(``*\*(''
-are ncurses-specific, not present in SVr4.
+are \fI\%ncurses\fP-specific, not present in SVr4.
.PP
.TS
l l
.B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
.SH NOTES
-The header file \fB<form.h>\fP automatically includes the header files
-\fB<curses.h>\fP and \fB<eti.h>\fP.
-.PP
-In your library list, libform.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
-you want to say \*(``\-lform \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
-(which would give you a link error when using static libraries).
+The header file \fI\%form.h\fP itself includes \fI\%curses.h\fP.
.SH PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V forms library.
They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
.PP
-The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in
-\fICharacter User Interface Programming (UNIX SVR4.2)\fP.
+A form facility was documented in SVr4.2's
+\fICharacter User Interface Programming\fP document.
.PP
It is not part of X/Open Curses.
.PP
-Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations:
+Aside from \fI\%ncurses\fP, there are few implementations:
.bP
systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris.
.bP
NetBSD curses.
.PP
-A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for ncurses,
+A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for
+\fI\%ncurses\fP,
but not provided by other implementations, e.g.,
\fBform_driver_w\fP,
\fBunfocus_current_field\fP.
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer.
-Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
+Manual pages and adaptation for \fI\%ncurses\fP by Eric
S. Raymond.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fP(3X) and related pages whose names begin \*(``form_\*('' for