ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100220

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

diff --git a/man/form_driver.3x b/man/form_driver.3x
index 408aecd9ea42c10af3dc9c4075ce2902e1fc77c2..acd66f72f53ec2e3518d679cb881d4dde82b94ce 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_driver.3x
+++ b/man/form_driver.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 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            *


@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.'" $Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.7 1999/07/10 23:13:18 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.17 2010/01/30 21:29:04 tom Exp $

 .TH form_driver 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform_driver\fR - command-processing loop of the form system
 .TH form_driver 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform_driver\fR - command-processing loop of the form system


@@ -37,8 +37,21 @@ int form_driver(FORM *form, int c);
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Once a form has been posted (displayed), you should funnel input events to it
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Once a form has been posted (displayed), you should funnel input events to it

-through \fBform_driver\fR.  This routine has two major input cases; either
-the input is a form navigation request or it's a printable ASCII character.
+through \fBform_driver\fR.  This routine has three major input cases:
+.TP 3
+-
+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.
+.TP 3
+-
+The input is a printable character.
+Printable characters (which must be positive, less than 256) are
+checked according to the program's locale settings.
+.TP 3
+-
+The input is the KEY_MOUSE special key associated with an mouse event.
+.PP

 The form driver requests are as follows:
 .TP 5
 REQ_NEXT_PAGE
 The form driver requests are as follows:
 .TP 5
 REQ_NEXT_PAGE


@@ -52,7 +65,7 @@ Move to the first page.
 .TP 5
 REQ_LAST_PAGE
 Move to the last field.
 .TP 5
 REQ_LAST_PAGE
 Move to the last field.

-
+.sp

 .TP 5
 REQ_NEXT_FIELD
 Move to the next field.
 .TP 5
 REQ_NEXT_FIELD
 Move to the next field.


@@ -89,7 +102,7 @@ Move up to a field.
 .TP 5
 REQ_DOWN_FIELD
 Move down to a field.
 .TP 5
 REQ_DOWN_FIELD
 Move down to a field.

-
+.sp

 .TP 5
 REQ_NEXT_CHAR
 Move to the next char.
 .TP 5
 REQ_NEXT_CHAR
 Move to the next char.


@@ -132,7 +145,7 @@ Move up in the field.
 .TP 5
 REQ_DOWN_CHAR
 Move down in the field.
 .TP 5
 REQ_DOWN_CHAR
 Move down in the field.

-
+.sp

 .TP 5
 REQ_NEW_LINE
 Insert or overlay a new line.
 .TP 5
 REQ_NEW_LINE
 Insert or overlay a new line.


@@ -169,7 +182,7 @@ Enter overlay mode.
 .TP 5
 REQ_INS_MODE
 Enter insert mode.
 .TP 5
 REQ_INS_MODE
 Enter insert mode.

-
+.sp

 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_FLINE
 Scroll the field forward a line.
 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_FLINE
 Scroll the field forward a line.


@@ -188,7 +201,7 @@ Scroll the field forward half a page.
 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_BHPAGE
 Scroll the field backward half a page.
 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_BHPAGE
 Scroll the field backward half a page.

-
+.sp

 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_FCHAR
 Scroll the field forward a character.
 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_FCHAR
 Scroll the field forward a character.


@@ -207,7 +220,7 @@ Horizontal scroll the field forward half a line.
 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_HBHALF
 Horizontal scroll the field backward half a line.
 .TP 5
 REQ_SCR_HBHALF
 Horizontal scroll the field backward half a line.

-
+.sp

 .TP
 REQ_VALIDATION
 Validate field.
 .TP
 REQ_VALIDATION
 Validate field.


@@ -218,43 +231,97 @@ Display next field choice.
 REQ_PREV_CHOICE
 Display previous field choice.
 .PP
 REQ_PREV_CHOICE
 Display previous field choice.
 .PP

-If the second argument is a printable ASCII character, the driver places it
+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
 requests listed above, that request is executed.
 in the current position in the current field.  If it is one of the forms
 requests listed above, that request is executed.

+.SS MOUSE HANDLING
+.PP
+If the second argument is the KEY_MOUSE special key, the associated
+mouse event is translated into one of the above pre-defined requests.
+Currently only clicks in the user window (e.g., inside the form display
+area or the decoration window) are handled.
+.PP
+If you click above the display region of the form:
+.RS
+.TP
+a REQ_PREV_FIELD is generated for a single click,
+.TP
+a REQ_PREV_PAGE is generated for a double-click and
+.TP
+a REQ_FIRST_FIELD is generated for a triple-click.
+.RE
+.PP
+If you click below the display region of the form:
+.RS
+.TP
+a REQ_NEXT_FIELD is generated for a single click,
+.TP
+a REQ_NEXT_PAGE is generated for a double-click and
+.TP
+a REQ_LAST_FIELD is generated for a triple-click.
+.RE

 .PP
 .PP

-If the second argument is neither printable ASCII nor one of the above
+If you click at an field inside the display area of the form:
+.RS
+.TP 3
+-
+the form cursor is positioned to that field.
+.TP 3
+-
+If you double-click a field,
+the form cursor is positioned to that field
+and \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR is returned.
+This return value makes sense,
+because a double click usually means that an field-specific action should
+be returned.
+It is exactly the purpose of this return value to signal that an
+application specific command should be executed.
+.TP 3
+-
+If a translation
+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
+into a form request an \fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR is returned.
+.SS APPLICATION-DEFINED COMMANDS
+.PP
+If the second argument is neither printable nor one of the above

 pre-defined form requests, the driver assumes it is an application-specific
 command and returns \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR.  Application-defined commands
 should be defined relative to \fBMAX_COMMAND\fR, the maximum value of these
 pre-defined requests.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 pre-defined form requests, the driver assumes it is an application-specific
 command and returns \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR.  Application-defined commands
 should be defined relative to \fBMAX_COMMAND\fR, the maximum value of these
 pre-defined requests.
 .SH RETURN VALUE

-\fBform_driver\fR return one of the following error codes:
+\fBform_driver\fR returns one of the following error codes:

 .TP 5
 .TP 5

-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK

 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT

 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_BAD_STATE\fR
+.B E_BAD_STATE

 Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
 .TP 5
 Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_NOT_POSTED\fR
+.B E_NOT_POSTED

 The form has not been posted.
 .TP 5
 The form has not been posted.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR
-The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
-.TP 5
-\fBE_INVALID_FIELD\fR
+.B E_INVALID_FIELD

 Contents of field is invalid.
 .TP 5
 Contents of field is invalid.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR
+.B E_REQUEST_DENIED

 The form driver could not process the request.
 The form driver could not process the request.

+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+.TP 5
+.B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
+The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
+.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .SH SEE ALSO

-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBform\fR(3X),
+\fBwgetch\fR(3X).

 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.
 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.