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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
.\" authorization. *
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-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.26 2015/08/02 18:14:50 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.29 2017/02/18 16:46:53 tom Exp $
.TH form 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el .ds '' ''
.SH NAME
\fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms
.SH SYNOPSIS
set_form_win \fBform_win\fR(3X)
set_max_field \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
set_new_page \fBform_new_page\fR(3X)
+unfocus_current_field \fBform_page\fR(3X)
unpost_form \fBform_post\fR(3X)
.TE
.SH RETURN VALUE
\fB<curses.h>\fR and \fB<eti.h>\fR.
.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 using most linkers).
+you want to say \*(``\-lform \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
+(which would give you a link error when using static libraries).
.SH PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
+.PP
+A few functions are extensions added for ncurses, e.g.,
+\fBform_driver_w\fP,
+\fBunfocus_current_field\fP.
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
S. Raymond.