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diff --git a/man/form_field_validation.3x b/man/form_field_validation.3x
index 175268b4..3505fdb2 100644
--- a/man/form_field_validation.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_validation.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 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 *
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.15 2006/11/04 17:14:19 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.20 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
.TH form_field_validation 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBform_field_validation\fR - data type validation for fields
+\fBform_field_validation\fR \- data type validation for fields
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
.br
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ argument pointing to a string list; a fourth \fBint\fR flag argument to enable
case-sensitivity; and a fifth \fBint\fR flag argument specifying whether a partial
match must be a unique one (if this flag is off, a prefix matches the first
of any set of more than one list elements with that prefix). Please notice
-that the string list is not copied, only a reference to it is stored in the
-field. So you should avoid using a list that lives in automatic variables
-on the stack.
+that the string list is copied. So you may use a list that lives in automatic variables on the stack.
.TP 5
TYPE_INTEGER
Integer data, parsable to an integer by \fBatoi(3)\fR. Requires a third
@@ -99,12 +97,12 @@ For details of the precision handling see \fBprintf's\fR man-page.
TYPE_REGEXP
Regular expression data. Requires a regular expression \fB(char *)\fR third argument;
the data is valid if the regular expression matches it. Regular expressions
-are in the format of \fBregcomp\fR(3X) and \fBregexec\fR(3X). Please notice
+are in the format of \fBregcomp\fR and \fBregexec\fR. Please notice
that the regular expression must match the whole field. If you have for
-example an eight character wide field, a regular expression "^[0-9]*$" always
+example an eight character wide field, a regular expression "^[0\-9]*$" always
means that you have to fill all eight positions with digits. If you want to
-allow fewer digits, you may use for example "^[0-9]* *$" which is good for
-trailing spaces (up to an empty field), or "^ *[0-9]* *$" which is good for
+allow fewer digits, you may use for example "^[0\-9]* *$" which is good for
+trailing spaces (up to an empty field), or "^ *[0\-9]* *$" which is good for
leading and trailing spaces around the digits.
.TP 5
TYPE_IPV4
@@ -126,7 +124,9 @@ The routine succeeded.
.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBform\fR(3X),
+\fBform_variables\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES
The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header file
\fB\fR.
@@ -136,9 +136,3 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
S. Raymond.
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