ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240504

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

diff --git a/man/form_post.3x b/man/form_post.3x
index 5aa08c71138a6f9d33a391eb3e2827f30ffb03aa..77e086e4559d202be297a07624a921d7cc2975da 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_post.3x
+++ b/man/form_post.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-'\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,26 +27,27 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_post.3x,v 1.14 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
-.TH form_post 3X ""
+.\" $Id: form_post.3x,v 1.33 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH form_post 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .SH NAME
-\fBpost_form\fR,
-\fBunpost_form\fR \- write or erase forms from associated subwindows
+\fBpost_form\fP,
+\fBunpost_form\fP \-
+write or erase forms from associated subwindows
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <form.h>\fR
-.br
-int post_form(FORM *form);
-.br
-int unpost_form(FORM *form);
-.br
+.nf
+\fB#include <form.h>
+.PP
+\fBint post_form(FORM *\fIform\fP);
+\fBint unpost_form(FORM *\fIform\fP);
+.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The function \fBpost_form\fR displays a form to its associated subwindow.
+The function \fBpost_form\fP 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
+use \fBrefresh\fP(3X) or some equivalent
+\fBcurses\fP routine (the implicit \fBdoupdate\fP triggered by an \fBcurses\fP
 input request will do).
 .PP
-The function \fBunpost_form\fR erases form from its associated subwindow.
+The function \fBunpost_form\fP erases form from its associated subwindow.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These routines return one of the following:
 .TP 5
@@ -73,13 +73,7 @@ Form is too large for its window.
 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.
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fP(3)).
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.
 They were not supported on
@@ -87,3 +81,6 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.
 Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%form\fP(3X)