ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170318

[ncurses.git] / man / form.3x

diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x
index 264662e664ae5367ff759b30c3192af3952fbacc..64759f2f69677f73025c8dd740e9144fb8ae1c05 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form.3x
+++ b/man/form.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 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            *
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.20 2006/11/04 18:50:09 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.29 2017/02/18 16:46:53 tom Exp $
 .TH form 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''
 .SH NAME
-\fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
+\fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -41,10 +45,18 @@ 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.
 .PP
-The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses
-initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of
-these functions.  To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
-\fB-lform -lcurses\fR.
+The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries.
+To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
+\fB\-lform \-lcurses\fR.
+.PP
+Your program should set up the locale, e.g.,
+.sp
+     \fBsetlocale(LC_ALL, "");\fP
+.sp
+so that input/output processing will work.
+.PP
+A curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called
+before using any of these functions.
 .
 .SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
 .
@@ -69,7 +81,7 @@ current_field \fBform_page\fR(3X)
 data_ahead     \fBform_data\fR(3X)
 data_behind    \fBform_data\fR(3X)
 dup_field      \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
-dynamic_fieldinfo      \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
+dynamic_field_info     \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
 field_arg      \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
 field_back     \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
 field_buffer   \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
@@ -88,6 +100,7 @@ field_term   \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
 field_type     \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
 field_userptr  \fBform_field_userptr\fR(3X)
 form_driver    \fBform_driver\fR(3X)
+form_driver_w  \fBform_driver\fR(3X)*
 form_fields    \fBform_field\fR(3X)
 form_init      \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
 form_opts      \fBform_opts\fR(3X)
@@ -137,6 +150,7 @@ set_form_userptr    \fBform_userptr\fR(3X)
 set_form_win   \fBform_win\fR(3X)
 set_max_field  \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
 set_new_page   \fBform_new_page\fR(3X)
+unfocus_current_field  \fBform_page\fR(3X)
 unpost_form    \fBform_post\fR(3X)
 .TE
 .SH RETURN VALUE
@@ -181,28 +195,26 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .TP 5
 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
 The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
-descriptions of the entry points.
 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
 \fB<curses.h>\fR and \fB<eti.h>\fR.
 .PP
 In your library list, libform.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
-you want to say `-lform -lncurses', not the other way around (which would
-give you a link error using most linkers).
+you want to say \*(``\-lform \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
+(which would give you a link error when using static libraries).
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
+.PP
+A few functions are extensions added for ncurses, e.g.,
+\fBform_driver_w\fP,
+\fBunfocus_current_field\fP.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
+descriptions of the entry points.
+.PP
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
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