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=4e529f96564930a873193203076415fcf33ad164;hpb=027ae42953e3186daed8f3882da73de48291b606;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index 4e529f96..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 - 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- @@ -84,8 +82,7 @@ with a field. --
+
The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL on error. They set errno according to their success: @@ -110,30 +107,26 @@ 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 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. + 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 curses by Eric S. Raymond. @@ -141,10 +134,17 @@ form_field_new(3x)-