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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.20 2006/11/04 18:50:09 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.22 2008/10/11 20:48:11 tom Exp $
.TH form 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle interaction with the
user.
.PP
-The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses
-initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of
-these functions. To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
+The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries.
+To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
\fB-lform -lcurses\fR.
+.PP
+Your program should set up the locale, e.g.,
+.sp
+ \fBsetlocale(LC_ALL, "");\fP
+.sp
+so that input/output processing will work.
+.PP
+A curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called
+before using any of these functions.
.
.SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
.
data_ahead \fBform_data\fR(3X)
data_behind \fBform_data\fR(3X)
dup_field \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
-dynamic_fieldinfo \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
+dynamic_field_info \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
field_arg \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
field_back \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
field_buffer \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)