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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/new.3form b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/new.3form new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2ee539c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/new.3form @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +'\" t +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 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_new.3x,v 1.10 2015/12/05 23:01:16 tom Exp $ +.TH new 3FORM "" +.SH NAME +\fBnew_form\fR, +\fBfree_form\fP \- create and destroy forms +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fB#include <form.h>\fR +.br +FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields); +.br +int free_form(FORM *form); +.br +.SH DESCRIPTION +The function \fBnew_form\fR creates a new form connected to a specified field +pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated). +.PP +The function \fBfree_form\fR disconnects \fIform\fR from its field array +and frees the storage allocated for the form. +.SH RETURN VALUE +The function \fBnew_form\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error. +It sets errno according to the function's success: +.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_CONNECTED +The field is already connected to a form. +.TP 5 +.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR +System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure. +.PP +The function \fBfree_form\fR returns one of the following: +.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_POSTED +The form has already been posted. +.SH SEE ALSO +\fBncurses\fR(3NCURSES), \fBform\fR(3FORM). +.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 +Version 7 or BSD versions. +.SH AUTHORS +Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric +S. Raymond. |