NAME
form - curses extension for programming forms
SYNOPSIS
#include <form.h>
DESCRIPTION
The form 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 form library uses the curses libraries. To use the form library,
link with the options -lform -lcurses.
Your program should set up the locale, e.g.,
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
so that input/output processing will work.
A curses initialization routine such as initscr must be called before
using any of these functions.
Current Default Values for Field Attributes
The form library maintains a default value for field attributes. You
can get or set this default by calling the appropriate set_ or
retrieval routine with a NULL field pointer. Changing this default
with a set_ function affects future field creations, but does not
change the rendering of fields already created.
Routine Name Index
The following table lists each form routine and the name of the manual
page on which it is described.
curses Routine Name Manual Page Name
current_field page(3FORM)
data_ahead data(3FORM)
data_behind data(3FORM)
dup_field field_new(3FORM)
dynamic_field_info field_info(3FORM)
field_arg field_validation(3FORM)
field_back field_attributes(3FORM)
field_buffer field_buffer(3FORM)
field_count field(3FORM)
field_fore field_attributes(3FORM)
field_index page(3FORM)
field_info field_info(3FORM)
field_init hook(3FORM)
field_just field_just(3FORM)
field_opts field_opts(3FORM)
field_opts_off field_opts(3FORM)
field_opts_on field_opts(3FORM)
field_pad field_attributes(3FORM)
field_status field_buffer(3FORM)
field_term hook(3FORM)
field_type field_validation(3FORM)
field_userptr field_userptr(3FORM)
form_driver driver(3FORM)
form_driver_w driver(3FORM)*
form_fields field(3FORM)
form_init hook(3FORM)
form_opts opts(3FORM)
form_opts_off opts(3FORM)
form_opts_on opts(3FORM)
form_page page(3FORM)
form_request_by_name requestname(3FORM)
form_request_name requestname(3FORM)
form_sub win(3FORM)
form_term hook(3FORM)
form_userptr userptr(3FORM)
form_win win(3FORM)
free_field field_new(3FORM)
free_fieldtype fieldtype(3FORM)
free_form new(3FORM)
link_field field_new(3FORM)
link_fieldtype fieldtype(3FORM)
move_field field(3FORM)
new_field field_new(3FORM)
new_fieldtype fieldtype(3FORM)
new_form new(3FORM)
new_page new_page(3FORM)
pos_form_cursor cursor(3FORM)
post_form post(3FORM)
scale_form win(3FORM)
set_current_field page(3FORM)
set_field_back field_attributes(3FORM)
set_field_buffer field_buffer(3FORM)
set_field_fore field_attributes(3FORM)
set_field_init hook(3FORM)
set_field_just field_just(3FORM)
set_field_opts field_opts(3FORM)
set_field_pad field_attributes(3FORM)
set_field_status field_buffer(3FORM)
set_field_term hook(3FORM)
set_field_type field_validation(3FORM)
set_field_userptr field_userptr(3FORM)
set_fieldtype_arg fieldtype(3FORM)
set_fieldtype_choice fieldtype(3FORM)
set_form_fields field(3FORM)
set_form_init hook(3FORM)
set_form_opts field_opts(3FORM)
set_form_page page(3FORM)
set_form_sub win(3FORM)
set_form_term hook(3FORM)
set_form_userptr userptr(3FORM)
set_form_win win(3FORM)
set_max_field field_buffer(3FORM)
set_new_page new_page(3FORM)
unpost_form post(3FORM)
RETURN VALUE
Routines that return pointers return NULL 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:
E_OK The routine succeeded.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
E_BAD_STATE
Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
E_CONNECTED
The field is already connected to a form.
E_INVALID_FIELD
Contents of a field are not valid.
E_NOT_CONNECTED
No fields are connected to the form.
E_NOT_POSTED
The form has not been posted.
E_NO_ROOM
Form is too large for its window.
E_POSTED
The form is already posted.
E_REQUEST_DENIED
The form driver could not process the request.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR
System error occurred (see errno).
E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
NOTES
The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. 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).
PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond.
SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20160625). form(3FORM)
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