.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.29 2018/04/28 19:58:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.31 2018/07/28 22:08:59 tom Exp $
.TH form_driver 3X ""
.de bP
.ie n .IP \(bu 4
.bP
The input is a form navigation request.
Navigation request codes are constants defined in \fB<form.h>\fP,
-which are distinct from the key- and character codes returned by \fBwgetch\fP(3X).
+which are distinct from the key- and character codes returned
+by \fBwgetch\fP(3X).
.bP
The input is a printable character.
Printable characters (which must be positive, less than 256) are
.TE
.PP
If the second argument is a printable character, the driver places it
-in the current position in the current field. If it is one of the forms
+in the current position in the current field.
+If it is one of the forms
requests listed above, that request is executed.
.SS Field validation
-The form library makes updates to the window associated with form fields rather than
-directly to the field buffers.
+The form library makes updates to the window associated
+with form fields rather than directly to the field buffers.
.PP
The form driver provides low-level control over updates to the form fields.
-The form driver also provides for validating modified fields to ensure that the contents
+The form driver also provides for validating modified fields
+to ensure that the contents
meet whatever constraints an application may attach using \fBset_field_type\fP.
.PP
.PP
.bP
a call to \fBset_current_field\fP attempts to move to a different field.
.bP
-a call to \fBset_current_page\fP attempts to move to a different page of the form.
+a call to \fBset_current_page\fP attempts to move
+to a different page of the form.
.bP
a request attempts to move to a different field.
.bP
into a request was done, \fBform_driver\fR returns the result of this request.
.RE
.PP
-If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event could not be translated
+If you clicked outside the user window
+or the mouse event could not be translated
into a form request an \fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR is returned.
.SS Application-defined commands
.PP
The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
\fB<curses.h>\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on
+These routines emulate the System V forms library.
+They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
.SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.