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-.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
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-.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.40 2023/10/07 21:19:07 tom Exp $
-.TH form_field_buffer 3X 2023-10-07 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: form_field_buffer.3x,v 1.45 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH form_field_buffer 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.SH NOTES
-The header file \fB<form.h>\fP automatically includes the header file
-.PP
When configured for wide characters, \fBfield_buffer\fP returns a pointer
to temporary storage (allocated and freed by the library).
The application should not attempt to modify the data.
It will be freed on the next call to \fBfield_buffer\fP to return the
same buffer.
-\fB<curses.h>\fP.
.SH PORTABILITY
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
+The \fBset_max_field\fP function checks for an \fI\%ncurses\fP 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