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Diffstat (limited to 'man/form.3x')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/form.3x | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x index 2f8f884861fa..c54a4e1438bb 100644 --- a/man/form.3x +++ b/man/form.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" 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 * @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.54 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $ -.TH form 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls" +.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.62 2025/11/12 01:27:41 tom Exp $ +.TH form 3X 2025-11-11 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls" .ie \n(.g \{\ .ds `` \(lq .ds '' \(rq @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ .. .SH NAME \fBform\fP \- -curses extension for programming forms +present user-fillable forms in \fIcurses\fP windows .SH SYNOPSIS .nf \fB#include <form.h> @@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ The \fBform\fP library maintains a default value for field attributes. You can get or set this default by calling the appropriate \fBset_\fP or retrieval -routine with a \fBNULL\fP field pointer. +routine with a +.I NULL +field pointer. Changing this default with a \fBset_\fP function affects future field creations, but does not change the rendering of fields already created. @@ -92,10 +94,9 @@ Routines flagged with \*(``*\*('' are \fI\%ncurses\fP-specific, not present in SVr4. .PP .TS -l l -l l . +L L. \fBcurses\fP Routine Name Manual Page Name -= +_ current_field \fBform_page\fP(3X) data_ahead \fBform_data\fP(3X) data_behind \fBform_data\fP(3X) @@ -173,7 +174,9 @@ unfocus_current_field \fBform_page\fP(3X)* unpost_form \fBform_post\fP(3X) .TE .SH RETURN VALUE -Routines that return pointers return \fBNULL\fP on error, +Routines that return pointers return +.I NULL +on error, and set \fBerrno\fP to the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an integer. Routines that return |