1*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" $NetBSD: form_field_attributes.3,v 1.10 2010/03/22 21:58:31 joerg Exp $ 2*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 3*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" Copyright (c) 2001 4*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" Brett Lymn - blymn@baea.com.au, brett_lymn@yahoo.com.au 5*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 6*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" This code is donated to The NetBSD Foundation by the author. 7*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 8*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 9*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 10*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" are met: 11*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 12*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 13*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 2. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE 24*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 32*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Dd January 1, 2001 33*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Dt FORMS 3 34*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Os 35*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh NAME 36*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm field_back , 37*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm field_fore , 38*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm field_pad , 39*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm set_field_back , 40*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm set_field_fore , 41*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm set_field_pad 42*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nd form library 43*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh LIBRARY 44*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Lb libform 45*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh SYNOPSIS 46*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In form.h 47*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft chtype 48*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn field_back "FIELD *field" 49*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft chtype 50*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn field_fore "FIELD *field" 51*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft int 52*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn field_pad "FIELD *field" 53*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft int 54*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn set_field_back "FIELD *field" "chtype attribute" 55*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft int 56*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn set_field_fore "FIELD *field" "chtype attribute" 57*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft int 58*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn set_field_pad "FIELD *field" "int pad" 59*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh DESCRIPTION 60*a0e6850fSThomas CortCalling the function 61*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn field_back 62*a0e6850fSThomas Cortwill return the character attributes that will be applied to a field 63*a0e6850fSThomas Cortthat is not the current field, these attributes can be set by the 64*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn set_field_back 65*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfunction. 66*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe 67*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn field_fore 68*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfunction returns the character attributes that will be used to 69*a0e6850fSThomas Cortindicate that a field is the currently active one on the form, this 70*a0e6850fSThomas Cortattribute may be set by using the 71*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn set_field_fore 72*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfunction. 73*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe pad character for a field is the character that will be printed in all 74*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfield locations not occupied with actual field contents. 75*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe pad character can be retrieved by calling the 76*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn field_pad 77*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfunction, the pad character is set by using the 78*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn set_field_pad 79*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfunction. 80*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh RETURN VALUES 81*a0e6850fSThomas CortFunctions returning pointers will return 82*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Dv NULL 83*a0e6850fSThomas Cortif an error is detected. 84*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe functions that return an int will return one of the following error 85*a0e6850fSThomas Cortvalues: 86*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Pp 87*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact 88*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_OK 89*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe function was successful. 90*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.El 91*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh SEE ALSO 92*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Xr curses 3 , 93*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Xr forms 3 94*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh NOTES 95*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe header 96*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In form.h 97*a0e6850fSThomas Cortautomatically includes both 98*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In curses.h 99*a0e6850fSThomas Cortand 100*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In eti.h . 101