ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190121

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_buffer.3x b/man/form_field_buffer.3x
index 749f24c56a5a0b1c020110a819175676b4cfe9f9..4cfc8920d3027772ba5f8f6dd99ec1261ae61018 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_buffer.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_buffer.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.21 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.23 2019/01/20 20:19:03 tom Exp $

 .TH form_field_buffer 3X ""
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .TH form_field_buffer 3X ""
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4


@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ The remaining routines return one of the following:
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR

-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).

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


@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ same buffer.
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.
 They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.
 They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.

+.PP
+The \fBset_max_field\fP function checks for an ncurses extension
+\fBO_INPUT_FIELD\fP which allows a dynamic field to shrink if the new
+limit is smaller than the current field size.

 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.
 Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.
 Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.