X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform.3x.html;h=4a54b35082c59ea876cc224bc0a65ca49726488d;hb=b661daf1160a873609d70843999cd46eff25d1f0;hp=0f0d1f27fc6a9b9359456b13ad045acc192aef2e;hpb=e5d1530ca229aef94a3c84ad33f8ae89f35c4045;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html index 0f0d1f27..4a54b350 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: form.3x,v 1.35 2020/03/28 19:06:28 tom Exp @ + * @Id: form.3x,v 1.36 2020/12/12 16:34:33 tom Exp @ --> @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ The form library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing form screens on character-cell terminals. The library includes: field routines, which create and modify form fields; and form routines, which - group fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle inter- - action with the user. + group fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle + interaction with the user. The form library uses the curses libraries. To use the form library, link with the options -lform -lcurses. @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
The following table lists each form routine and the name of the manual - page on which it is described. + page on which it is described. Routines flagged with "*" are ncurses- + specific, not present in SVr4. curses Routine Name Manual Page Name -------------------------------------------------- @@ -111,8 +112,8 @@ field_term form_hook(3x) field_type form_field_validation(3x) field_userptr form_field_userptr(3x) - form_driver form_driver(3x) + form_driver form_driver(3x) form_driver_w form_driver(3x)* form_fields form_field(3x) form_init form_hook(3x) @@ -120,8 +121,8 @@ form_opts_off form_opts(3x) form_opts_on form_opts(3x) form_page form_page(3x) - form_request_by_name form_requestname(3x) - form_request_name form_requestname(3x) + form_request_by_name form_requestname(3x)* + form_request_name form_requestname(3x)* form_sub form_win(3x) form_term form_hook(3x) form_userptr form_userptr(3x) @@ -163,15 +164,15 @@ set_form_win form_win(3x) set_max_field form_field_buffer(3x) set_new_page form_new_page(3x) - unfocus_current_field form_page(3x) + unfocus_current_field form_page(3x)* unpost_form form_post(3x)
- Routines that return pointers return NULL on error, and set errno to - the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an inte- - ger. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error - codes: + Routines that return pointers return NULL on error, and set errno to + the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an + integer. Routines that return an integer return one of the following + error codes: E_OK The routine succeeded. @@ -210,19 +211,19 @@
- The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files + The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. 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 + you want to say "-lform -lncurses", not the other way around (which would give you a link error when using static libraries).
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup- - ported on Version 7 or BSD versions. + These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not + supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. - The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface + The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface Programming (UNIX SVR4.2). It is not part of X/Open Curses. @@ -233,21 +234,21 @@ o NetBSD curses. - A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for + A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for ncurses, but not provided by other implementations, e.g., form_driver_w, unfocus_current_field.
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. + Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond.
- curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed + curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. - This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20201017). + This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20210327).