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.\"	$NetBSD: form_field_new.3,v 1.11 2010/03/22 21:58:31 joerg Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001
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.\"	Brett Lymn - blymn@baea.com.au, brett_lymn@yahoo.com.au
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.\"
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.\" This code is donated to The NetBSD Foundation by the author.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. The name of the Author may not be used to endorse or promote
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.\"    products derived from this software without specific prior written
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.\"    permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd January 1, 2001
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.Dt FORMS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dup_field ,
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.Nm free_field ,
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.Nm link_field ,
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.Nm new_field
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.Nd form library
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libform
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In form.h
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.Ft FIELD *
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.Fn dup_field "FIELD *field" "int frow" "int fcol"
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.Ft int
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.Fn free_field "FIELD *field"
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.Ft FIELD *
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.Fn link_field "FIELD *field" "int frow" "int fcol"
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.Ft FIELD *
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.Fo new_field
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.Fa "int rows"
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.Fa "int cols"
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.Fa "int frow"
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.Fa "int fcol"
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.Fa "int nrows"
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.Fa "int nbuf"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn dup_field
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function duplicates the given field, including any buffers associated
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with the field and returns the pointer to the newly created field.
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.Fn free_field
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destroys the field and frees any allocated resources associated with
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the field.
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The function
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.Fn link_field
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copies the given field to a new field at the location
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.Fa frow
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and
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.Fa fcol
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but shares the buffers with the original field.
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.Fn new_field
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creates a new field of size
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.Fa rows
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by
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.Fa cols
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at location
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.Fa frow ,
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.Fa fcol
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on the page, the argument
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.Fa nrows
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specified the number of off screen rows the field has and the
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.Fa nbuf
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parameter specifies the number of extra buffers attached to the
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field.
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There will always be one buffer associated with a field.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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On error
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.Fn dup_field
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and
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.Fn new_field
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will return
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.Dv NULL .
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The functions will one of the following error
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values:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
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.It Er E_OK
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The function was successful.
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.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
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A bad argument was passed to the function.
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.It Er E_CONNECTED
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The field is connected to a form.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr curses 3 ,
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.Xr forms 3
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.Sh NOTES
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The header
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.In form.h
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automatically includes both
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.In curses.h
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and
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.In eti.h .
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