X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fform.3x;h=96c644895228751cc3b30c97134fe664eff5f24c;hp=75fc78aee2d461552b5c07d9845013f4403f1dfc;hb=6b4f5830b7910188b532d661f79775306715f67e;hpb=ed530db2c5b10aa19d06104dfe82cf248a813860 diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x index 75fc78ae..96c64489 100644 --- a/man/form.3x +++ b/man/form.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 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 * @@ -27,31 +27,50 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.21 2008/04/26 17:11:52 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.32 2019/01/20 20:31:42 tom Exp $ .TH form 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' +.de bP +.ie n .IP \(bu 4 +.el .IP \(bu 2 +.. .SH NAME -\fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms +\fBform\fR \- curses extension for programming forms .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR .br .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBform\fR library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing -form screens on character-cell terminals. The library includes: field +form screens on character-cell terminals. +The library includes: field routines, which create and modify form fields; and form routines, which group fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle interaction with the user. .PP -The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses -initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of -these functions. To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options -\fB-lform -lcurses\fR. +The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries. +To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options +\fB\-lform \-lcurses\fR. +.PP +Your program should set up the locale, e.g., +.sp + \fBsetlocale(LC_ALL, "");\fP +.sp +so that input/output processing will work. +.PP +A curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called +before using any of these functions. . .SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes . -The \fBform\fR library maintains a default value for field attributes. You +The \fBform\fR library maintains a default value for field attributes. +You can get or set this default by calling the appropriate \fBset_\fR or retrieval -routine with a \fBNULL\fR field pointer. Changing this default with a +routine with a \fBNULL\fR field pointer. +Changing this default with a \fBset_\fR function affects future field creations, but does not change the rendering of fields already created. . @@ -88,6 +107,7 @@ field_term \fBform_hook\fR(3X) field_type \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X) field_userptr \fBform_field_userptr\fR(3X) form_driver \fBform_driver\fR(3X) +form_driver_w \fBform_driver\fR(3X)* form_fields \fBform_field\fR(3X) form_init \fBform_hook\fR(3X) form_opts \fBform_opts\fR(3X) @@ -137,6 +157,7 @@ set_form_userptr \fBform_userptr\fR(3X) set_form_win \fBform_win\fR(3X) set_max_field \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X) set_new_page \fBform_new_page\fR(3X) +unfocus_current_field \fBform_page\fR(3X) unpost_form \fBform_post\fR(3X) .TE .SH RETURN VALUE @@ -177,32 +198,44 @@ The form is already posted. The form driver could not process the request. .TP 5 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR -System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). +System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)). .TP 5 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND The form driver code saw an unknown request code. -.SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed -descriptions of the entry points. .SH NOTES The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files \fB\fR and \fB\fR. .PP In your library list, libform.a should be before libncurses.a; that is, -you want to say `-lform -lncurses', not the other way around (which would -give you a link error using most linkers). +you want to say \*(``\-lform \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around +(which would give you a link error when using static libraries). .SH PORTABILITY -These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on +These routines emulate the System V forms library. +They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. +.PP +The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in +\fICharacter User Interface Programming (UNIX SVR4.2)\fP. +.PP +It is not part of X/Open Curses. +.PP +Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: +.bP +systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris. +.bP +NetBSD curses. +.PP +A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for ncurses, +but not provided by other implementations, e.g., +\fBform_driver_w\fP, +\fBunfocus_current_field\fP. .SH AUTHORS -Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric +Juergen Pfeifer. +Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond. .SH SEE ALSO +\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed +descriptions of the entry points. +.PP This describes \fBncurses\fR version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@). -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: