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diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x
index 264662e6..662b848f 100644
--- a/man/form.3x
+++ b/man/form.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.20 2006/11/04 18:50:09 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.25 2014/08/16 20:31:45 tom Exp $
.TH form 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
+\fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
.br
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ routines, which create and modify form fields; and form routines, which group
fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle interaction with the
user.
.PP
-The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses
-initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of
-these functions. To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
-\fB-lform -lcurses\fR.
+The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries.
+To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
+\fB\-lform \-lcurses\fR.
+.PP
+Your program should set up the locale, e.g.,
+.sp
+ \fBsetlocale(LC_ALL, "");\fP
+.sp
+so that input/output processing will work.
+.PP
+A curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called
+before using any of these functions.
.
.SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
.
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ current_field \fBform_page\fR(3X)
data_ahead \fBform_data\fR(3X)
data_behind \fBform_data\fR(3X)
dup_field \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
-dynamic_fieldinfo \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
+dynamic_field_info \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
field_arg \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
field_back \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
field_buffer \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
@@ -181,15 +189,12 @@ 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) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
-descriptions of the entry points.
.SH NOTES
The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files
\fB\fR and \fB\fR.
.PP
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 would
+you want to say `\-lform \-lncurses', not the other way around (which would
give you a link error using most linkers).
.SH PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on
@@ -198,11 +203,8 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
S. Raymond.
.SH SEE ALSO
+\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
+descriptions of the entry points.
+.PP
This describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
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