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value out of the buffer and removes the leading and trail-
ing spaces. Please note also, that subsequent operations
on the form will probably change the content of the
- buffer. So don't use it for long term storage of the
+ buffer. So do not use it for long term storage of the
entered form data.
The function <STRONG>set_field_status</STRONG> sets the associated status
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The header file <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header
- file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
+ file
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+ When configured for wide-characters, <STRONG>field_buffer</STRONG> returns
+ a pointer to 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>.
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