ncurses 6.3 - patch 20211225

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

diff --git a/man/form_new.3x b/man/form_new.3x
index 94a046d1ae98cfaa9b866f1dba1773d8e978413d..3cefa8519172456bc5c6e670333425f7aa177fce 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 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            *
@@ -27,27 +28,27 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_new.3x,v 1.10 2015/12/05 23:01:16 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_new.3x,v 1.17 2021/12/25 21:41:58 tom Exp $
 .TH form_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBnew_form\fR,
+\fBnew_form\fP,
 \fBfree_form\fP \- create and destroy forms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <form.h>\fR
+\fB#include <form.h>\fP
+.sp
+\fBFORM *new_form(FIELD **\fP\fIfields\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
-FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
-.br
-int free_form(FORM *form);
+\fBint free_form(FORM *\fP\fIform\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The function \fBnew_form\fR creates a new form connected to a specified field
-pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).
+The function \fBnew_form\fP creates a new form connected to a specified field
+pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fP-terminated).
 .PP
-The function \fBfree_form\fR disconnects \fIform\fR from its field array
+The function \fBfree_form\fP disconnects \fIform\fP from its field array
 and frees the storage allocated for the form.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-The function \fBnew_form\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-It sets errno according to the function's success:
+The function \fBnew_form\fP returns \fBNULL\fP on error.
+It sets \fBerrno\fP according to the function's success:
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ The field is already connected to a form.
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
 .PP
-The function \fBfree_form\fR returns one of the following:
+The function \fBfree_form\fP returns one of the following:
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
@@ -72,13 +73,14 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .B E_POSTED
 The form has already been posted.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fP(3X), \fBform\fP(3X).
 .SH NOTES
-The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
-\fB<curses.h>\fR.
+The header file \fB<form.h>\fP automatically includes the header file
+\fB<curses.h>\fP.
 .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.
 .SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.