<STRONG>o</STRONG> Buffer 0 is the displayed value of the field.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Other numbered buffers may be allocated by applications through
- the <STRONG>nbuf</STRONG> argument of (see <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>) but are not manip-
- ulated by the forms library.
+ the <STRONG>nbuf</STRONG> argument of (see <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>) but are not
+ manipulated by the forms library.
The function <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> returns a pointer to the contents of the
given numbered buffer:
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> function returns NULL on error. It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG> accord-
- ing to their success:
+ The <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> function returns NULL on error. It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG>
+ according to their success:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
The header file <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header file
When configured for wide characters, <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> returns a pointer to
- temporary storage (allocated and freed by the library). The applica-
- tion should not attempt to modify the data. It will be freed on the
- next call to <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> to return the same buffer. <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
+ temporary storage (allocated and freed by the library). The
+ application should not attempt to modify the data. It will be freed on
+ the next call to <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> to return the same buffer. <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-
- ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not
+ supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
The <STRONG>set_max_field</STRONG> function checks for an ncurses extension
<STRONG>O_INPUT_FIELD</STRONG> which allows a dynamic field to shrink if the new limit