ncurses 5.9 - patch 20120303

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

diff --git a/man/form_field_validation.3x b/man/form_field_validation.3x
index c82abf3c1071538449e17329b859e5e91d46d64c..3505fdb231b8b11c040d786dd95d8657bed5c944 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_field_validation.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_validation.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 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            *
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.14 2003/05/10 20:33:49 jmc Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.20 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_validation 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_field_validation\fR - data type validation for fields
+\fBform_field_validation\fR \- data type validation for fields
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ argument pointing to a string list; a fourth \fBint\fR flag argument to enable
 case-sensitivity; and a fifth \fBint\fR flag argument specifying whether a partial
 match must be a unique one (if this flag is off, a prefix matches the first
 of any set of more than one list elements with that prefix). Please notice
-that the string list is not copied, only a reference to it is stored in the
-field. So you should avoid using a list that lives in automatic variables
-on the stack.
+that the string list is copied. So you may use a list that lives in automatic variables on the stack.
 .TP 5
 TYPE_INTEGER
 Integer data, parsable to an integer by \fBatoi(3)\fR.  Requires a third
@@ -99,12 +97,12 @@ For details of the precision handling see \fBprintf's\fR man-page.
 TYPE_REGEXP
 Regular expression data.  Requires a regular expression \fB(char *)\fR third argument;
 the data is valid if the regular expression matches it.  Regular expressions
-are in the format of \fBregcomp\fR(3X) and \fBregexec\fR(3X). Please notice
+are in the format of \fBregcomp\fR and \fBregexec\fR. Please notice
 that the regular expression must match the whole field. If you have for
-example an eight character wide field, a regular expression "^[0-9]*$" always
+example an eight character wide field, a regular expression "^[0\-9]*$" always
 means that you have to fill all eight positions with digits. If you want to
-allow fewer digits, you may use for example "^[0-9]* *$" which is good for
-trailing spaces (up to an empty field), or "^ *[0-9]* *$" which is good for
+allow fewer digits, you may use for example "^[0\-9]* *$" which is good for
+trailing spaces (up to an empty field), or "^ *[0\-9]* *$" which is good for
 leading and trailing spaces around the digits.
 .TP 5
 TYPE_IPV4
@@ -120,13 +118,15 @@ It is possible to set up new programmer-defined field types.  See the
 The functions \fBfield_type\fR and \fBfield_arg\fR return \fBNULL\fR on
 error. The function \fBset_field_type\fR returns one of the following:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBform\fR(3X),
+\fBform_variables\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.
@@ -136,9 +136,3 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
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