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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man3/form_field_buffer.3 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/form_field_buffer.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/form_field_buffer.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7b17104f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/form_field_buffer.3 @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: form_field_buffer.3,v 1.13 2010/03/22 21:58:31 joerg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 +.\" Brett Lymn - blymn@baea.com.au, brett_lymn@yahoo.com.au +.\" +.\" This code is donated to The NetBSD Foundation by the author. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the Author may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd October 15, 2005 +.Dt FORMS 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm field_buffer , +.Nm field_status , +.Nm set_field_buffer , +.Nm set_field_printf , +.Nm set_field_status , +.Nm set_max_field +.Nd form library +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libform +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In form.h +.Ft char * +.Fn field_buffer "FIELD *field" "int buffer" +.Ft int +.Fn field_status "FIELD *field" +.Ft int +.Fn set_field_buffer "FIELD *field" "int buffer" "char *value" +.Ft int +.Fn set_field_printf "FIELD *field" "int buffer" "char *fmt" "..." +.Ft int +.Fn set_field_status "FIELD *field" "int status" +.Ft int +.Fn set_max_field "FIELD *field" "int max" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn field_buffer +function returns the contents of the buffer number specified by +.Fa buffer +for the given field. +If the requested buffer number exceeds the +number of buffers attached to the field then +.Dv NULL +will be returned. +If the field option +.Dv O_REFORMAT +is enabled on the given field then +storage will be allocated to hold the reformatted buffer. +This storage must be release by calling +.Xr free 3 +when it is no longer required. +If the +.Dv O_REFORMAT +field option is not set then no extra storage is allocated. +The field buffer may be set by calling +.Fn set_field_buffer +which will set the given buffer number to the contents of the string +passed. +A buffer may also be set by calling +.Fn set_field_printf +which sets the buffer using the format arg +.Fa fmt +after being expanded using the subsequent arguments in the same manner +as +.Xr sprintf 3 +does. +Calling +.Fn field_status +will return the status of the first buffer attached to the field. +If the field has been modified then the function will return +.Dv TRUE +otherwise +.Dv FALSE +is returned, the status of the first buffer may be +programmatically set by calling +.Fn set_field_status . +The maximum growth of a dynamic field can be set by calling +.Fn set_max_field +which limits the fields rows if the field is a multiline field or the +fields columns if the field only has a single row. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Functions returning pointers will return +.Dv NULL +if an error is detected. +The functions that return an int will return one of the following error +values: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact +.It Er E_OK +The function was successful. +.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT +A bad parameter was passed to the function. +.It Er E_SYSTEM_ERROR +A system error occurred performing the function. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr curses 3 , +.Xr forms 3 +.Sh NOTES +The header +.In form.h +automatically includes both +.In curses.h +and +.In eti.h . +The function +.Fn set_field_printf +is a +.Nx +extension and must not be used in portable code. |
