X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fform_driver.3x;h=9c096f90d4c5898853f00bd3a83c989c103dff24;hp=a40be36ef78d9a8ac7c5250f21ecc0e408df7de2;hb=152c5a605234b7ea36ba3a03ec07e124bb6aac75;hpb=06078d3fa68db669ed37178c01873546b4b28745 diff --git a/man/form_driver.3x b/man/form_driver.3x index a40be36e..9c096f90 100644 --- a/man/form_driver.3x +++ b/man/form_driver.3x @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 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 * @@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.28 2017/11/18 23:47:37 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.35 2020/12/19 21:34:15 tom Exp $ .TH form_driver 3X "" .de bP .ie n .IP \(bu 4 @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ \fBform_driver_w\fR \- command-processing loop of the form system .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR -.br +.sp \fBint form_driver(FORM *\fP\fIform\fP\fB, int \fP\fIc\fP\fB);\fP .br \fBint form_driver_w(FORM *\fP\fIform\fP\fB, int \fP\fIc\fP\fB, wchar_t \fP\fIwch\fP\fB);\fP @@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ through \fBform_driver\fR. This routine has three major input cases: .bP The input is a form navigation request. Navigation request codes are constants defined in \fB\fP, -which are distinct from the key- and character codes returned by \fBwgetch\fP(3X). +which are distinct from the key- and character codes returned +by \fBwgetch\fP(3X). .bP The input is a printable character. Printable characters (which must be positive, less than 256) are @@ -133,14 +135,16 @@ REQ_VALIDATION Validate field. .TE .PP If the second argument is a printable character, the driver places it -in the current position in the current field. If it is one of the forms +in the current position in the current field. +If it is one of the forms requests listed above, that request is executed. .SS Field validation -The form library makes updates to the window associated with form fields rather than -directly to the field buffers. +The form library makes updates to the window associated +with form fields rather than directly to the field buffers. .PP The form driver provides low-level control over updates to the form fields. -The form driver also provides for validating modified fields to ensure that the contents +The form driver also provides for validating modified fields +to ensure that the contents meet whatever constraints an application may attach using \fBset_field_type\fP. .PP .PP @@ -150,7 +154,8 @@ The form driver also validates a field in these cases: .bP a call to \fBset_current_field\fP attempts to move to a different field. .bP -a call to \fBset_current_page\fP attempts to move to a different page of the form. +a call to \fBset_current_page\fP attempts to move +to a different page of the form. .bP a request attempts to move to a different field. .bP @@ -206,7 +211,8 @@ If a translation into a request was done, \fBform_driver\fR returns the result of this request. .RE .PP -If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event could not be translated +If you clicked outside the user window +or the mouse event could not be translated into a form request an \fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR is returned. .SS Application-defined commands .PP @@ -233,11 +239,14 @@ The form has not been posted. .B E_INVALID_FIELD Contents of field is invalid. .TP 5 +.B E_NOT_CONNECTED +No fields are connected to the form. +.TP 5 .B E_REQUEST_DENIED 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. @@ -245,17 +254,18 @@ The form driver code saw an unknown request code. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X), +\fBform_fieldtype\fR(3X), \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X), \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X), -\fBform_fieldtype\fR(3X), \fBform_variables\fR(3X), \fBgetch\fR(3X). .SH NOTES The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files \fB\fR. .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. .SH AUTHORS -Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric -S. Raymond. +Juergen Pfeifer. +Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.