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diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_driver.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_driver.3x.html index 859c291a77bb..7a082f6ace08 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_driver.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_driver.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!-- * t **************************************************************************** - * Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey * + * Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey * * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * * * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -28,25 +28,23 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.61 2024/04/20 18:55:09 tom Exp @ + * @Id: form_driver.3x,v 1.64 2025/10/04 20:59:08 tom Exp @ --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="generator" content="Manpage converted by man2html - see https://invisible-island.net/scripts/readme.html#others_scripts"> -<TITLE>form_driver 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</TITLE> +<TITLE>form_driver 3x 2025-10-04 ncurses 6.6 Library calls</TITLE> <link rel="author" href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org"> </HEAD> <BODY> -<H1 class="no-header">form_driver 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1> +<H1 class="no-header">form_driver 3x 2025-10-04 ncurses 6.6 Library calls</H1> <PRE> <STRONG><A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A></STRONG> - - </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE> <STRONG>form_driver</STRONG>, <STRONG>form_driver_w</STRONG> - command-processing loop of the form system @@ -64,21 +62,21 @@ Once a form has been posted (displayed), you should funnel input events to it through <STRONG>form_driver</STRONG>. This routine has three major input cases: - <STRONG>o</STRONG> The input is a form navigation request. Navigation request codes - are constants defined in <STRONG><form.h></STRONG>, which are distinct from the key- + <STRONG>o</STRONG> The input is a form navigation request. Navigation request codes + are constants defined in <EM>form.h</EM>, which are distinct from the key- and character codes returned by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG>. - <STRONG>o</STRONG> The input is a printable character. Printable characters (which - must be positive, less than 256) are checked according to the + <STRONG>o</STRONG> The input is a printable character. Printable characters (which + must be positive, less than 256) are checked according to the program's locale settings. - <STRONG>o</STRONG> The input is the KEY_MOUSE special key associated with an mouse + <STRONG>o</STRONG> The input is the KEY_MOUSE special key associated with an mouse event. </PRE><H3><a name="h3-form_driver_w">form_driver_w</a></H3><PRE> - This extension simplifies the use of the forms library using wide - characters. The input is either a key code (a request) or a wide + This extension simplifies the use of the forms library using wide + characters. The input is either a key code (a request) or a wide character returned by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>. The type must be passed as well, to enable the library to determine whether the parameter is a wide character or a request. @@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ <STRONG>REQ_LEFT_FIELD</STRONG> Move left to a field. <STRONG>REQ_NEW_LINE</STRONG> Insert or overlay a new line. <STRONG>REQ_NEXT_CHAR</STRONG> Move to the next char. - <STRONG>REQ_NEXT_CHOICE</STRONG> Display next field choice. <STRONG>REQ_NEXT_FIELD</STRONG> Move to the next field. <STRONG>REQ_NEXT_LINE</STRONG> Move to the next line. @@ -207,22 +204,22 @@ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the form cursor is positioned to that field. - <STRONG>o</STRONG> If you double-click a field, the form cursor is positioned to + <STRONG>o</STRONG> If you double-click a field, the form cursor is positioned to that field and <STRONG>E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND</STRONG> is returned. This return value makes sense, because a double click usually means that an field- - specific action should be returned. It is exactly the purpose - of this return value to signal that an application specific + specific action should be returned. It is exactly the purpose + of this return value to signal that an application specific command should be executed. - <STRONG>o</STRONG> If a translation into a request was done, <STRONG>form_driver</STRONG> returns + <STRONG>o</STRONG> If a translation into a request was done, <STRONG>form_driver</STRONG> returns the result of this request. - If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event could not be + If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event could not be translated into a form request an <STRONG>E_REQUEST_DENIED</STRONG> is returned. </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Application-defined-Commands">Application-defined Commands</a></H3><PRE> - If the second argument is neither printable nor one of the above pre- + If the second argument is neither printable nor one of the above pre- defined form requests, the driver assumes it is an application-specific command and returns <STRONG>E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND</STRONG>. Application-defined commands should be defined relative to <STRONG>MAX_COMMAND</STRONG>, the maximum value of these @@ -270,12 +267,10 @@ </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE> - <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form_fieldtype.3x.html">form_fieldtype(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>, + <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form_fieldtype.3x.html">form_fieldtype(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_validation.3x.html">form_field_validation(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form_variables.3x.html">form_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">getch(3x)</A></STRONG> - - -ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A></STRONG> +ncurses 6.6 2025-10-04 <STRONG><A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A></STRONG> </PRE> <div class="nav"> <ul> |