X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fform.3x;h=91e91ed86af859b7340172cc5c40a7a13e58b387;hb=31dcb6fc49a6814a67cdc21db26390752e743d7f;hp=c21f857b3a4540b8312690e5b7a5a86238840e89;hpb=9c110809dcc6246cb01544e9cb6c709795697a1a;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x index c21f857b..91e91ed8 100644 --- a/man/form.3x +++ b/man/form.3x @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 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 * @@ -27,8 +28,16 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.28 2016/10/29 22:26:35 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.35 2020/03/28 19:06:28 tom Exp $ .TH form 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' +.de bP +.ie n .IP \(bu 4 +.el .IP \(bu 2 +.. .SH NAME \fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -36,7 +45,8 @@ .br .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBform\fR library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing -form screens on character-cell terminals. The library includes: field +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 interaction with the user. @@ -56,10 +66,12 @@ before using any of these functions. . .SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes . -The \fBform\fR library maintains a default value for field attributes. You +The \fBform\fR library maintains a default value for field attributes. +You can get or set this default by calling the appropriate \fBset_\fR or retrieval -routine with a \fBNULL\fR field pointer. Changing this default with a +routine with a \fBNULL\fR field pointer. +Changing this default with a \fBset_\fR function affects future field creations, but does not change the rendering of fields already created. . @@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ unpost_form \fBform_post\fR(3X) .TE .SH RETURN VALUE Routines that return pointers return \fBNULL\fR on error, -and set errno to the corresponding error-code returned by functions +and set \fBerrno\fP to the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an integer. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error codes: @@ -187,7 +199,7 @@ The form is already posted. The form driver could not process the request. .TP 5 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR -System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). +System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)). .TP 5 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND The form driver code saw an unknown request code. @@ -196,20 +208,34 @@ The header file \fB