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Diffstat (limited to 'man/form_field_info.3x')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/form_field_info.3x b/man/form_field_info.3x index 6a1af6c3139b..51e8989af134 100644 --- a/man/form_field_info.3x +++ b/man/form_field_info.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 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 * @@ -27,10 +27,15 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.12 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.16 2019/11/30 21:02:29 tom Exp $ .TH form_field_info 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' .SH NAME -\fBform_field_info\fR \- retrieve field characteristics +\fBdynamic_field_info\fP, +\fBfield_info\fR \- retrieve field characteristics .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include <form.h>\fR .br @@ -41,12 +46,14 @@ int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int *max); .br .SH DESCRIPTION The function \fBfield_info\fR returns the sizes and other attributes passed in -to the field at its creation time. The attributes are: height, width, row of +to the field at its creation time. +The attributes are: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and number of working buffers. .PP The function \fBdynamic_field_info\fR returns the actual size of the field, and -its maximum possible size. If the field has no size limit, the location +its maximum possible size. +If the field has no size limit, the location addressed by the third argument will be set to 0. A field can be made dynamic by turning off the \fBO_STATIC\fR option with \fBfield_opts_off\fR. @@ -57,23 +64,24 @@ These routines return one of the following: The routine succeeded. .TP 5 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR -System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). +System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)). .TP 5 .B E_BAD_ARGUMENT Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed +\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 file \fB<curses.h>\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. .PP A null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return values, to ignore that value. Not all implementations allow this, e.g., Solaris 2.7 does not. .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. |