X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_new.3x.html;h=b266a7e956b0fb904d26b92e9bc4e962cf57ec26;hp=2c97459631975eca3987574a7fe5918e41fff877;hb=f344f8539c1543f8cd65a5bb142dbaf23b9421d2;hpb=761e4f0825b330e970558e82a4bd638383914429 diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html index 2c974596..b266a7e9 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ - +
+ +- form_field_new(3x) form_field_new(3x) --
- form_field_new - create and destroy form fields +
+ new_field, dup_field, link_field, free_field - create and + destroy form fields --
+
#include <form.h> FIELD *new_field(int height, int width, int toprow, int leftcol, @@ -62,37 +61,35 @@ int free_field(FIELD *field); --
- The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- - izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of - upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number +
+ The function new_field allocates a new field and initial- + izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of + 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. --
+
The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL 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- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. E_SYSTEM_ERROR @@ -103,48 +100,51 @@ E_OK The routine succeeded. E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. E_CONNECTED field is connected. --
+
curses(3x), form(3x). --
+
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. - It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied - by dup_field being portable; the System V forms library + It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied + by dup_field being portable; the System V forms library documents are not very explicit about what gets copied and what 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_new(3x)-