X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_info.3x.html;h=9f22bd03435da4a0f774dd219fb6018e6a08c524;hp=6a3c2596a3b8f3d5255e986cd0dda228d2117d2c;hb=dcfe712cb3492636e8d50c9867cf05aec089a576;hpb=b0b1980be11bba618d84beb8b30ac94e2c820602 diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_info.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_info.3x.html index 6a3c2596..9f22bd03 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_info.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_info.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ - +
+ +- form_field_info(3x) form_field_info(3x) --
- form_field_info - retrieve field characteristics +
+ dynamic_field_info, field_info - retrieve field character- + istics --
+
#include <form.h> int field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf); - int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int + int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int *max); --
+
The function field_info returns the sizes and other - attributes passed in to the field at its creation time. - The attributes are: height, width, row of upper-left cor- - ner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, + attributes passed in to the field at its creation time. + The attributes are: height, width, row of upper-left cor- + ner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and number of working buffers. The function dynamic_field_info returns the actual size of - the field, and its maximum possible size. If the field - has no size limit, the location addressed by the third + the field, and its maximum possible size. If the field + has no size limit, the location addressed by the third argument will be set to 0. A field can be made dynamic by turning off the O_STATIC option with field_opts_off. --
+
These routines return one of the following: E_OK The routine succeeded. @@ -85,42 +82,48 @@ System error occurred (see errno). E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. --
+
curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. --
+
The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>. --
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They +
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. - A null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return - values, to ignore that value. Not all implementations + A null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return + values, to ignore that value. Not all implementations allow this, e.g., Solaris 2.7 does not. --
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new +
+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. form_field_info(3x)-