#include<form.h>
+
int set_field_buffer(FIELD *field, int buf, const char
*value);
char *field_buffer(const FIELD *field, int buffer);
@@ -63,43 +64,43 @@
The function set_field_buffer sets the numbered buffer of
the given field to contain a given string:
- - Buffer 0 is the displayed value of the field.
+ o Buffer 0 is the displayed value of the field.
- - Other numbered buffers may be allocated by applica-
- tions through the nbuf argument of (see
- form_field_new(3x)) but are not manipulated by the
- forms library.
+ o Other numbered buffers may be allocated by applica-
+ tions through the nbuf argument of (see
+ form_field_new(3x)) but are not manipulated by the
+ forms library.
The function field_buffer returns a pointer to the con-
tents of the given numbered buffer:
- - The buffer contents always have the same length, and
- are padded with trailing spaces as needed to ensure
- this length is the same.
+ o The buffer contents always have the same length,
+ and are padded with trailing spaces as needed to
+ ensure this length is the same.
- - The buffer may contain leading spaces, depending on
- how it was set.
+ o The buffer may contain leading spaces, depending on
+ how it was set.
- - The buffer contents are set with set_field_buffer,
- or as a side effect of any editing operations on the
- corresponding field.
+ o The buffer contents are set with set_field_buffer,
+ or as a side effect of any editing operations on
+ the corresponding field.
- - Editing operations are based on the window which
- displays the field, rather than a string. The win-
- dow contains only printable characters, and is
- filled with blanks. If you want the raw data, you
- must write your own routine that copies the value
- out of the buffer and removes the leading and trail-
- ing spaces.
+ o Editing operations are based on the window which
+ displays the field, rather than a string. The win-
+ dow contains only printable characters, and is
+ filled with blanks. If you want the raw data, you
+ must write your own routine that copies the value
+ out of the buffer and removes the leading and
+ trailing spaces.
- - Because editing operations change the content of the
- buffer to correspond to the window, you should not
- rely on using buffers for long-term storage of form
- data.
+ o Because editing operations change the content of
+ the buffer to correspond to the window, you should
+ not rely on using buffers for long-term storage of
+ form data.
The function set_field_status sets the associated status
flag of field; field_status gets the current value. The
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@
The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header
file
- When configured for wide-characters, field_buffer returns
+ When configured for wide characters, field_buffer returns
a pointer to temporary storage (allocated and freed by the
library). The application should not attempt to modify
the data. It will be freed on the next call to field_buf-
@@ -155,13 +156,13 @@