X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_new.3x.html;h=2c97459631975eca3987574a7fe5918e41fff877;hp=4c8e1d482e1e0b23b882bd0dd9e17267b2730273;hb=2e5d72d6396bb38a8d1d1b3534f62e28aebaa600;hpb=a8987e73ec254703634802b4f7ee30d3a485524d diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index 4c8e1d48..2c974596 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - + @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ 
 
-form_field_new(3x)                             form_field_new(3x)
+form_field_new(3x)                                   form_field_new(3x)
 
 
 
@@ -69,37 +69,46 @@
        upper-left  corner,  column  of  upper-left corner, number
        off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers.
 
-       The  function  dup_field duplicates a field at a new loca-
-       tion.  Most attributes (including current contents,  size,
-       validation  type, buffer count, growth threshold, justifi-
-       cation, foreground, background,  pad  character,  options,
-       and  user pointer) are copied.  Field status and the field
+       The function dup_field duplicates a field at a  new  loca-
+       tion.   Most attributes (including current contents, size,
+       validation type, buffer count, growth threshold,  justifi-
+       cation,  foreground,  background,  pad character, options,
+       and user pointer) are copied.  Field status and the  field
        page bit are not copied.
 
-       The function link_field acts like dup_field, but  the  new
-       field  shares  buffers with its parent.  Attribute data is
+       The  function  link_field acts like dup_field, but the new
+       field shares buffers with its parent.  Attribute  data  is
        separate.
 
-       The function free_field  de-allocates  storage  associated
+       The  function  free_field  de-allocates storage associated
        with a field.

RETURN VALUE

        The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL
-       on error.
-
-       The function free_field returns one of the following:
+       on error.  They set errno according to their success:
 
        E_OK The routine succeeded.
 
+       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+            Routine  detected  an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
+            ment.
+
        E_SYSTEM_ERROR
-            System error occurred (see errno).
+            System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+
+       The function free_field returns one of the following:
+
+       E_OK The routine succeeded.
 
        E_BAD_ARGUMENT
             Routine detected an incorrect or  out-of-range  argu-
             ment.
 
+       E_CONNECTED
+            field is connected.
+

SEE ALSO

@@ -118,9 +127,9 @@
        were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
 
        It  may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied
-       by  dup_field(3x)  being  portable;  the  System  V  forms
-       library  documents  are  not very explicit about what gets
-       copied and what doesn't.
+       by dup_field being portable; the System  V  forms  library
+       documents are not very explicit about what gets copied and
+       what does not.
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ - form_field_new(3x) + form_field_new(3x)