ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190615

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

diff --git a/man/form_post.3x b/man/form_post.3x
index 56e86ab946923790940132bdacb29a1f737b9cca..a255af41b3ce11f6ea78171f12b3305b92321321 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_post.3x
+++ b/man/form_post.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 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 +27,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_post.3x,v 1.4 1998/11/29 01:08:10 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_post.3x,v 1.13 2019/01/20 20:31:42 tom Exp $
 .TH form_post 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_post\fR - write or erase forms from associated subwindows
+\fBpost_form\fR,
+\fBunpost_form\fR \- write or erase forms from associated subwindows
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -39,52 +40,49 @@ int post_form(FORM *form);
 int unpost_form(FORM *form);
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The function \fBpost_form\fR displays a form to its associated subwindow.  To
-trigger physical display of the subwindow, use \fBrefresh\fR or some equivalent
+The function \fBpost_form\fR displays a form to its associated subwindow.
+To trigger physical display of the subwindow,
+use \fBrefresh\fR(3X) or some equivalent
 \fBcurses\fR routine (the implicit \fBdoupdate\fR triggered by an \fBcurses\fR
 input request will do).
-
+.PP
 The function \fBunpost_form\fR erases form from its associated subwindow.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These routines return one of the following:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_POSTED\fR
-The form has already been posted.
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_STATE\fR
+.B E_BAD_STATE
 Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_NO_ROOM\fR
-Form is too large for its window.
-.TP 5
-\fBE_NOT_POSTED\fR
+.B E_NOT_POSTED
 The form has not been posted.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_NOT_CONNECTED\fR
+.B E_NOT_CONNECTED
 No items are connected to the form.
+.TP 5
+.B E_NO_ROOM
+Form is too large for its window.
+.TP 5
+.B E_POSTED
+The form has already been posted.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
+.
 .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.
 .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.