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.TH form_driver 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBform_driver\fR - command-processing loop of the form system
.TP 5
REQ_LAST_PAGE
Move to the last field.
-
+.sp
.TP 5
REQ_NEXT_FIELD
Move to the next field.
.TP 5
REQ_DOWN_FIELD
Move down to a field.
-
+.sp
.TP 5
REQ_NEXT_CHAR
Move to the next char.
.TP 5
REQ_DOWN_CHAR
Move down in the field.
-
+.sp
.TP 5
REQ_NEW_LINE
Insert or overlay a new line.
.TP 5
REQ_INS_MODE
Enter insert mode.
-
+.sp
.TP 5
REQ_SCR_FLINE
Scroll the field forward a line.
.TP 5
REQ_SCR_BHPAGE
Scroll the field backward half a page.
-
+.sp
.TP 5
REQ_SCR_FCHAR
Scroll the field forward a character.
.TP 5
REQ_SCR_HBHALF
Horizontal scroll the field backward half a line.
-
+.sp
.TP
REQ_VALIDATION
Validate field.
requests listed above, that request is executed.
.PP
If the second argument is neither printable ASCII nor one of the above
-pre-defined form requests, the drive assumes it is an application-specific
+pre-defined form requests, the driver assumes it is an application-specific
command and returns \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR. Application-defined commands
should be defined relative to \fBMAX_COMMAND\fR, the maximum value of these
pre-defined requests.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-\fBform_driver\fR return one of the following error codes:
+\fBform_driver\fR returns one of the following error codes:
.TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
The routine succeeded.
.TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_STATE\fR
+.B E_BAD_STATE
Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
.TP 5
-\fBE_NOT_POSTED\fR
+.B E_NOT_POSTED
The form has not been posted.
.TP 5
-\fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR
-The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
-.TP 5
-\fBE_INVALID_FIELD\fR
+.B E_INVALID_FIELD
Contents of field is invalid.
.TP 5
-\fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR
+.B E_REQUEST_DENIED
The form driver could not process the request.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+.TP 5
+.B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
+The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
+.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES