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authorRong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>2008-11-09 09:06:04 +0000
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+'\" t
+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" *
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+.\" authorization. *
+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\"
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.21 2008/04/26 17:11:52 tom Exp $
+.TH form 3X ""
+.SH NAME
+\fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fB#include <form.h>\fR
+.br
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The \fBform\fR 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 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.
+.
+.SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
+.
+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
+\fBset_\fR function affects future field creations, but does not change the
+rendering of fields already created.
+.
+.SS Routine Name Index
+.
+The following table lists each \fBform\fR routine and the name of
+the manual page on which it is described.
+.
+.TS
+l l
+l l .
+\fBcurses\fR Routine Name Manual Page Name
+=
+current_field \fBform_page\fR(3X)
+data_ahead \fBform_data\fR(3X)
+data_behind \fBform_data\fR(3X)
+dup_field \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
+dynamic_field_info \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
+field_arg \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
+field_back \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
+field_buffer \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
+field_count \fBform_field\fR(3X)
+field_fore \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
+field_index \fBform_page\fR(3X)
+field_info \fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
+field_init \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
+field_just \fBform_field_just\fR(3X)
+field_opts \fBform_field_opts\fR(3X)
+field_opts_off \fBform_field_opts\fR(3X)
+field_opts_on \fBform_field_opts\fR(3X)
+field_pad \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
+field_status \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
+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_fields \fBform_field\fR(3X)
+form_init \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
+form_opts \fBform_opts\fR(3X)
+form_opts_off \fBform_opts\fR(3X)
+form_opts_on \fBform_opts\fR(3X)
+form_page \fBform_page\fR(3X)
+form_request_by_name \fBform_requestname\fR(3X)
+form_request_name \fBform_requestname\fR(3X)
+form_sub \fBform_win\fR(3X)
+form_term \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
+form_userptr \fBform_userptr\fR(3X)
+form_win \fBform_win\fR(3X)
+free_field \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
+free_fieldtype \fBform_fieldtype\fR(3X)
+free_form \fBform_new\fR(3X)
+link_field \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
+link_fieldtype \fBform_fieldtype\fR(3X)
+move_field \fBform_field\fR(3X)
+new_field \fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
+new_fieldtype \fBform_fieldtype\fR(3X)
+new_form \fBform_new\fR(3X)
+new_page \fBform_new_page\fR(3X)
+pos_form_cursor \fBform_cursor\fR(3X)
+post_form \fBform_post\fR(3X)
+scale_form \fBform_win\fR(3X)
+set_current_field \fBform_page\fR(3X)
+set_field_back \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
+set_field_buffer \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
+set_field_fore \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
+set_field_init \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
+set_field_just \fBform_field_just\fR(3X)
+set_field_opts \fBform_field_opts\fR(3X)
+set_field_pad \fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
+set_field_status \fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)
+set_field_term \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
+set_field_type \fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
+set_field_userptr \fBform_field_userptr\fR(3X)
+set_fieldtype_arg \fBform_fieldtype\fR(3X)
+set_fieldtype_choice \fBform_fieldtype\fR(3X)
+set_form_fields \fBform_field\fR(3X)
+set_form_init \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
+set_form_opts \fBform_field_opts\fR(3X)
+set_form_page \fBform_page\fR(3X)
+set_form_sub \fBform_win\fR(3X)
+set_form_term \fBform_hook\fR(3X)
+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)
+unpost_form \fBform_post\fR(3X)
+.TE
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+Routines that return pointers return \fBNULL\fR 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:
+.TP 5
+.B E_OK
+The routine succeeded.
+.TP 5
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
+.TP 5
+.B E_BAD_STATE
+Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
+.TP 5
+.B E_CONNECTED
+The field is already connected to a form.
+.TP 5
+.B E_INVALID_FIELD
+Contents of a field are not valid.
+.TP 5
+.B E_NOT_CONNECTED
+No fields are connected to the form.
+.TP 5
+.B E_NOT_POSTED
+The form has not been posted.
+.TP 5
+.B E_NO_ROOM
+Form is too large for its window.
+.TP 5
+.B E_POSTED
+The form is already posted.
+.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).
+.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<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
+\fB<curses.h>\fR and \fB<eti.h>\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).
+.SH PORTABILITY
+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 ncurses by Eric
+S. Raymond.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+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: