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form_field_new(3X) form_field_new(3X)
new_field, dup_field, link_field, free_field - create and destroy
form fields
#include <form.h>
FIELD *new_field(int height, int width,
int toprow, int leftcol,
int offscreen, int nbuffers);
FIELD *dup_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
FIELD *link_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
int free_field(FIELD *field);
The function new_field allocates a new field and initializes it from
the parameters given: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column
of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, and number of
additional working buffers.
The function dup_field duplicates a field at a new location. Most
attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer
count, growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad
character, options, and user pointer) are copied. Field status and
the field page bit are not copied.
The function link_field acts like dup_field, but the new field shares
buffers with its parent. Attribute data is separate.
The function free_field de-allocates storage associated with a field.
The function, new_field, dup_field, link_field return NULL on error.
They set errno according to their success:
E_OK The routine succeeded.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR
System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
The function free_field returns one of the following:
E_OK The routine succeeded.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
E_CONNECTED
field is connected.
curses(3X), form(3X).
The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file
<curses.h>.
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not
supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by
dup_field being portable; the System V forms library documents are
not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not.
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
S. Raymond.
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form_field_new(3X)