ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201017

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

diff --git a/man/form_requestname.3x b/man/form_requestname.3x
index a172f857b1e3c6527411f44d882126f34d72a252..1cb35d67527ec7983245b58d023548f263602807 100644 (file)
--- a/man/form_requestname.3x
+++ b/man/form_requestname.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2006 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            *
@@ -27,13 +28,14 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_requestname.3x,v 1.7 2006/11/04 17:57:49 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_requestname.3x,v 1.14 2020/10/17 23:08:23 tom Exp $
 .TH form_requestname 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_requestname\fR - handle printable form request names
+\fBform_request_by_name\fP,
+\fBform_request_name\fR \- handle printable form request names
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
-.br
+.sp
 const char *form_request_name(int request);
 .br
 int form_request_by_name(const char *name);
@@ -43,28 +45,25 @@ The function \fBform_request_name\fR returns the printable name of a form
 request code.
 .br
 The function \fBform_request_by_name\fR searches in the name-table for a request
-with the given name and returns its request code. Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.
+with the given name and returns its request code.
+Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-\fBform_request_name\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error and sets errno
+\fBform_request_name\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error and sets \fBerrno\fP
 to \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR.
 .br
 \fBform_request_by_name\fR returns \fBE_NO_MATCH\fR on error.
-It does not set errno.
+It does not set \fBerrno\fP.
 .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 are specific to ncurses.  They were not supported on
-Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.  It is recommended that
+These routines are specific to ncurses.
+They were not supported on
+Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
+It is recommended that
 any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
 .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.