X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_new.3x.html;h=b266a7e956b0fb904d26b92e9bc4e962cf57ec26;hb=a8e3f06ac309504143cd56ac9ec55889bfdf4914;hp=4c8e1d482e1e0b23b882bd0dd9e17267b2730273;hpb=a8987e73ec254703634802b4f7ee30d3a485524d;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index 4c8e1d48..b266a7e9 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ - +
+ +- -form_field_new(3x) form_field_new(3x) +form_field_new(3x) form_field_new(3x) --
- form_field_new - create and destroy form fields +
+ new_field, dup_field, link_field, free_field - create and + destroy form fields --
+
#include <form.h> FIELD *new_field(int height, int width, int toprow, int leftcol, @@ -62,11 +61,10 @@ int free_field(FIELD *field); --
- The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- - izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of - upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number +
+ The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- + izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of + upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers. The function dup_field duplicates a field at a new loca- @@ -84,58 +82,69 @@ with a field. --
+
The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL - on error. - - The function free_field returns one of the following: + on error. They set errno according to their success: E_OK The routine succeeded. + E_BAD_ARGUMENT + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + ment. + E_SYSTEM_ERROR - System error occurred (see errno). + System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure. + + The function free_field returns one of the following: + + E_OK The routine succeeded. E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. + E_CONNECTED + field is connected. --
+ +
curses(3x), form(3x). --
+
The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>. --
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They +
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. - It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied - by dup_field(3x) being portable; the System V forms - library documents are not very explicit about what gets - copied and what doesn't. + It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied + by dup_field being portable; the System V forms library + documents are not very explicit about what gets copied and + what does not. --
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new +
+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. - form_field_new(3x) + form_field_new(3x)-