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+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey *
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-.\" $Id: form_field_userptr.3x,v 1.11 2015/12/05 23:01:56 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_userptr.3x,v 1.15 2020/10/17 23:07:03 tom Exp $
.TH form_field_userptr 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBset_field_userptr\fR,
\fBfield_userptr\fR \- associate application data with a form field
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <form.h>\fR
-.br
+.sp
int set_field_userptr(FIELD *field, void*userptr);
.br
void *field_userptr(const FIELD *field);
-.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
Every form field has a field that can be used to hold application-specific data
-(that is, the form-driver code leaves it alone). These functions get and set
+(that is, the form-driver code leaves it alone).
+These functions get and set
that field.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The function \fBfield_userptr\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
-It does not set errno.
+It does not set \fBerrno\fP.
.PP
The function \fBset_field_userptr\fR returns \fBE_OK\fP (success).
.SH SEE ALSO
The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
\fB<curses.h>\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on
+These routines emulate the System V forms library.
+They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
.PP
The user pointer is a void pointer.
We chose not to leave it as a char pointer for SVr4 compatibility.
.SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.