'\" t .\"*************************************************************************** .\" Copyright (c) 1998 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 * .\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * .\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * .\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * .\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * .\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * .\" * .\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * .\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * .\" * .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * .\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * .\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * .\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * .\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * .\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * .\" * .\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * .\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * .\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" .\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.13 1999/07/10 21:53:03 tom Exp $ .TH form 3X "" .SH NAME \fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \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. 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_fieldinfo \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_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_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. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error codes: .TP 5 \fBE_OK\fR The routine succeeded. .TP 5 \fBE_CONNECTED\fR The field is already connected to a form. .TP 5 \fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). .TP 5 \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. .TP 5 \fBE_POSTED\fR The form is already posted. .TP 5 \fBE_BAD_STATE\fR Routine was called from an initialization or termination function. .TP 5 \fBE_NO_ROOM\fR Form is too large for its window. .TP 5 \fBE_NOT_POSTED\fR The form has not been posted. .TP 5 \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR The form driver code saw an unknown request code. .TP 5 \fBE_INVALID_FIELD\fR Contents of a field are not valid. .TP 5 \fBE_NOT_CONNECTED\fR No fields are connected to the form. .TP 5 \fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR The form driver could not process the request. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3X) and 3X pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. .SH NOTES The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files \fB\fR and \fB\fR. 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 GNU \fBld\fR(1) and many other 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. .\"# .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS .\"# Local Variables: .\"# mode:nroff .\"# fill-column:79 .\"# End: