ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190216

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_new.3x b/man/form_field_new.3x
index 3d935aba7356a3a3d10e4cf44875196e478b6a88..38f34bbe6e394737758dd7a1e9bd063b74640252 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 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            *


@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.17 2010/07/31 16:09:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.20 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $

 .TH form_field_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH form_field_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBform_field_new\fR \- create and destroy form fields
+\fBnew_field\fR,
+\fBdup_field\fR,
+\fBlink_field\fR,
+\fBfree_field\fR \- create and destroy form fields

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br


@@ -49,14 +52,17 @@ The function \fBnew_field\fR allocates a new field and initializes it from the
 parameters given: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left
 corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers.
 .PP
 parameters given: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left
 corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers.
 .PP

-The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location.  Most
+The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location.
+Most

 attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count,
 growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad character,
 attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count,
 growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad character,

-options, and user pointer) are copied.  Field status and the field page bit are
+options, and user pointer) are copied.
+Field status and the field page bit are

 not copied.
 .PP
 The function \fBlink_field\fR acts like \fBdup_field\fR, but the new field
 not copied.
 .PP
 The function \fBlink_field\fR acts like \fBdup_field\fR, but the new field

-shares buffers with its parent.  Attribute data is separate.
+shares buffers with its parent.
+Attribute data is separate.

 .PP
 The function \fBfree_field\fR de-allocates storage associated with a field.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .PP
 The function \fBfree_field\fR de-allocates storage associated with a field.
 .SH RETURN VALUE


@@ -89,18 +95,13 @@ field is connected.
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 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
 It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by
 \fBdup_field\fR being portable; the System V forms library documents are
 not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .PP
 It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by
 \fBdup_field\fR being portable; the System V forms library documents are
 not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not.
 .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.