ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190121

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

diff --git a/man/form_field.3x b/man/form_field.3x
index f452036baeab0ea6722c4d6e49eeb5a417afe3cd..cab42679f34f16d3aa301bf2a0531f1d7925c4c6 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field.3x
+++ b/man/form_field.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 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            *
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field.3x,v 1.5 1998/11/29 01:05:52 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field.3x,v 1.13 2019/01/20 20:31:42 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_field\fR - make and break connections between fields and forms
+\fBform_field\fR \- make and break connections between fields and forms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -45,53 +45,49 @@ int move_field(FIELD *field, int frow, int fcol);
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBset_form_fields\fR changes the field pointer array of
 the given \fIform\fR.  The array must be terminated by a \fBNULL\fR.
-
+.PP
 The function \fBform_fields\fR returns the field array of the given form.
-
+.PP
 The function \fBfield_count\fR returns the count of fields in \fIform\fR.
-
-The function \fBmove_field\fR move the given field (which must be disconnected)
+.PP
+The function \fBmove_field\fR moves the given field (which must be disconnected)
 to a specified location on the screen.
-.SH RETURN VALUES
-The function \fBform_fields\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-
-The function \fBfield_count\fR returns \fBERR\fR (the general
-\fBcurses\fR error return value) on error.
-
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+The function \fBform_fields\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
+It does not set errno.
+.PP
+The function \fBfield_count\fR returns \fBERR\fR if the \fIform\fP parameter
+is \fBNULL\fP.
+.PP
 The functions \fBset_form_fields\fR and \fBmove_field\fR return one of
 the following codes on error:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 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
-\fBE_POSTED\fR
+.B E_CONNECTED
+The field is already connected to a form.
+.TP 5
+.B E_POSTED
 The form is already posted.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_CONNECTED\fR
-The field is already connected to a form.
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 \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.
-
+.PP
 The SVr4 forms library documentation specifies the \fBfield_count\fR error value
-as -1 (which is the value of \fBERR\fR).
+as \-1 (which is the value of \fBERR\fR).
 .SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.