ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100102

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

diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x
index 75fc78aee2d461552b5c07d9845013f4403f1dfc..dcba19b3353e7227fbc99346c07306682b23bbea 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form.3x
+++ b/man/form.3x
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.21 2008/04/26 17:11:52 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.22 2008/10/11 20:48:11 tom Exp $

 .TH form 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
 .TH form 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms


@@ -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
+The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries.
+To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options

 \fB-lform -lcurses\fR.
 \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
 .