- <STRONG>Current</STRONG> <STRONG>Default</STRONG> <STRONG>Values</STRONG> <STRONG>for</STRONG> <STRONG>Field</STRONG> <STRONG>Attributes</STRONG>
- The <STRONG>form</STRONG> library maintains a default value for field
- attributes. You can get or set this default by calling
- the appropriate <STRONG>set_</STRONG> or retrieval routine with a <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>
+ Your program should set up the locale, e.g.,
+
+ <STRONG>setlocale(LC_ALL,</STRONG> <STRONG>"");</STRONG>
+
+ so that input/output processing will work.
+
+ A curses initialization routine such as <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> must be
+ called before using any of these functions.
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H3><a name="h3-Current-Default-Values-for-Field-Attributes">Current Default Values for Field Attributes</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>form</STRONG> library maintains a default value for field
+ attributes. You can get or set this default by calling
+ the appropriate <STRONG>set_</STRONG> or retrieval routine with a <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>