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-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.21 2008/04/26 17:11:52 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.26 2015/08/02 18:14:50 tom Exp $
.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
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
.
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)
.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
+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
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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