ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140712

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

diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x
index 75fc78aee2d461552b5c07d9845013f4403f1dfc..775c8331c958e10d245626317db95319df199f17 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form.3x
+++ b/man/form.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2010 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.21 2008/04/26 17:11:52 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.24 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $

 .TH form 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH form 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
+\fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br


@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ 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
 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
 .
 .
 .SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
 .


@@ -189,7 +197,7 @@ 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,
 \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
+you want to say `\-lform \-lncurses', not the other way around (which would

 give you a link error using most linkers).
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on
 give you a link error using most linkers).
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported on


@@ -200,9 +208,3 @@ S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).

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