ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200328

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_userptr.3x b/man/form_field_userptr.3x
index 2aba2083bc01951ecffbd4208a83bf55dfdd024a..8a8427c59ef8277352e08d15602bd569062ad6fc 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_userptr.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_userptr.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 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 +28,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_userptr.3x,v 1.6 1998/11/29 01:07:05 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_userptr.3x,v 1.14 2020/03/28 19:06:28 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_userptr 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_field_userptr\fR - associate application data with a form field
+\fBset_field_userptr\fR,
+\fBfield_userptr\fR \- associate application data with a form field
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -40,34 +42,26 @@ void *field_userptr(const FIELD *field);
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Every form field has a field that can be used to hold application-specific data
-(that is, the form-driver code leaves it alone).  These functions get and set
+(that is, the form-driver code leaves it alone).
+These functions get and set
 that field.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-The function \fBfield_userptr\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error. The function
-\fBset_field_userptr\fR returns one of the following:
-.TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
-The routine succeeded.
-.TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+The function \fBfield_userptr\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
+It does not set \fBerrno\fP.
+.PP
+The function \fBset_field_userptr\fR returns \fBE_OK\fP (success).
 .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.
-
-The user pointer should be a void pointer.  We leave it as a char pointer for
-SVr4 compatibility.
+.PP
+The user pointer is a void pointer.
+We chose not to leave it as a char pointer for SVr4 compatibility.
 .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:
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+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.