diff options
| author | Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-02-07 08:36:41 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-02-07 08:36:41 +0000 |
| commit | f0179cb6083cc92e5947ae56e6a0a5c5328aead0 (patch) | |
| tree | bcee0ba9c2149b71f0bfc036df1e61e3105bf980 /man/form_fieldtype.3x | |
| parent | cea297eb34d2361e79529034397465068ae34ecd (diff) | |
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'man/form_fieldtype.3x')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/form_fieldtype.3x | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/form_fieldtype.3x b/man/form_fieldtype.3x index 028e9b0befccf..50f8627842b4a 100644 --- a/man/form_fieldtype.3x +++ b/man/form_fieldtype.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 * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form_fieldtype.3x,v 1.16 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: form_fieldtype.3x,v 1.19 2019/01/20 20:31:42 tom Exp $ .TH form_fieldtype 3X "" .SH NAME \fBform_fieldtype\fR \- define validation-field types @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ FIELDTYPE *link_fieldtype(FIELDTYPE *type1, .br .SH DESCRIPTION The function \fBnew_fieldtype\fR creates a new field type usable for data -validation. You supply it with \fIfield_check\fR, a predicate to check the +validation. +You supply it with \fIfield_check\fR, a predicate to check the validity of an entered data string whenever the user attempts to leave a field. The (FIELD *) argument is passed in so the validation predicate can see the field's buffer, sizes and other attributes; the second argument is an @@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ the character to be checked and a pointer to an argument-block structure. The function \fBfree_fieldtype\fR frees the space allocated for a given validation type. .PP -The function \fBset_fieldtype_arg\fR associates three storage-management functions -with a field type. +The function \fBset_fieldtype_arg\fR associates +three storage-management functions with a field type. The \fImake_arg\fR function is automatically applied to the list of arguments you give \fBset_field_type\fR when attaching validation to a field; its job is to bundle these into an allocated argument-block @@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ The field is already connected to a form. The field is the current field. .TP 5 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR -System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). +System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)). .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X). .SH NOTES @@ -135,8 +136,9 @@ All of the \fB(char *)\fR arguments of these functions should actually be \fB(void *)\fR. The type has been left uncorrected for strict compatibility with System V. .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. .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. |