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author	Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>	2021-02-25 17:22:00 +0000
committer	Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>	2021-02-25 17:22:00 +0000
commit	bf0ab54638a5ef969749f6ceae30e864f9556ea8 (patch)
tree	11690c2184e55d37bcd3c7fd13f3d0d9d20dbcb0 /doc/html/man/form.3x.html
parent	72c3fc31f590566e93496732d6fa769cd353e270 (diff)
download	src-vendor/ncurses.tar.gz src-vendor/ncurses.zip

Vendor import ncurses 6.2-20210220vendor/ncurses/6.2-20210220 vendor/ncurses

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diff --git a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html
index 2dbd8ba15768..8b10dfa52660 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/form.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/form.3x.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@

* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *

* authorization. *

****************************************************************************

- * @Id: form.3x,v 1.34 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp @

+ * @Id: form.3x,v 1.36 2020/12/12 16:34:33 tom Exp @

-->

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">

<HTML>

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@

The form library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing

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 inter-

- action with the user.

+ group fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle

+ interaction with the user.

The form library uses the curses libraries. To use the form library,

link with the options -lform -lcurses.

@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@

</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Routine-Name-Index">Routine Name Index</a></H3><PRE>

The following table lists each form routine and the name of the manual

- page on which it is described.

+ page on which it is described. Routines flagged with "*" are ncurses-

+ specific, not present in SVr4.

curses Routine Name Manual Page Name

--------------------------------------------------

@@ -111,8 +112,8 @@

field_term <A HREF="form_hook.3x.html">form_hook(3x)</A>

field_type <A HREF="form_field_validation.3x.html">form_field_validation(3x)</A>

field_userptr <A HREF="form_field_userptr.3x.html">form_field_userptr(3x)</A>

- form_driver <A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A>

+ form_driver <A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A>

form_driver_w <A HREF="form_driver.3x.html">form_driver(3x)</A>*

form_fields <A HREF="form_field.3x.html">form_field(3x)</A>

form_init <A HREF="form_hook.3x.html">form_hook(3x)</A>

@@ -120,8 +121,8 @@

form_opts_off <A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A>

form_opts_on <A HREF="form_opts.3x.html">form_opts(3x)</A>

form_page <A HREF="form_page.3x.html">form_page(3x)</A>

- form_request_by_name <A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A>

- form_request_name <A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A>

+ form_request_by_name <A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A>*

+ form_request_name <A HREF="form_requestname.3x.html">form_requestname(3x)</A>*

form_sub <A HREF="form_win.3x.html">form_win(3x)</A>

form_term <A HREF="form_hook.3x.html">form_hook(3x)</A>

form_userptr <A HREF="form_userptr.3x.html">form_userptr(3x)</A>

@@ -163,15 +164,15 @@

set_form_win <A HREF="form_win.3x.html">form_win(3x)</A>

set_max_field <A HREF="form_field_buffer.3x.html">form_field_buffer(3x)</A>

set_new_page <A HREF="form_new_page.3x.html">form_new_page(3x)</A>

- unfocus_current_field <A HREF="form_page.3x.html">form_page(3x)</A>

+ unfocus_current_field <A HREF="form_page.3x.html">form_page(3x)</A>*

unpost_form <A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A>

</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>

- Routines that return pointers return NULL on error, and set errno to

- the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an inte-

- ger. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error

- codes:

+ Routines that return pointers return NULL on error, and set errno to

+ the corresponding error-code returned by functions returning an

+ integer. Routines that return an integer return one of the following

+ error codes:

E_OK The routine succeeded.

@@ -210,19 +211,19 @@

</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>

- The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files

+ The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files

<curses.h> and <eti.h>.

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

+ you want to say "-lform -lncurses", not the other way around (which

would give you a link error when using static libraries).

</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>

- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not sup-

- ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not

+ supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

- The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface

+ The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface

Programming (UNIX SVR4.2).

It is not part of X/Open Curses.

@@ -233,21 +234,21 @@

o NetBSD curses.

- A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for

+ A few functions in this implementation are extensions added for

ncurses, but not provided by other implementations, e.g.,

form_driver_w, unfocus_current_field.

</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>

- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S.

+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S.

Raymond.

</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>

- <A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed

+ <A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed

descriptions of the entry points.

- This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200215).

+ This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20210109).