field_just(3)

field_just3

Retrieve field characteristics

Usage

#include <form.h>

int set_field_just(FIELD *field, int justification); int field_just(const FIELD *field);

Overview

The function set_field_just sets the justification attribute of a field; field_just returns a field's justification attribute. The attribute may be one of NO_JUSTIFICATION, JUSTIFY_RIGHT, JUSTIFY_LEFT, or JUSTIFY_CENTER.

Return value

The function field_just returns one of: NO_JUSTIFICATION, JUSTIFY_RIGHT, JUSTIFY_LEFT, or JUSTIFY_CENTER.

The function set_field_just returns one of the following:

E_OK

The routine succeeded.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error occurred (see errno(3)).

E_BAD_ARGUMENT

Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

Portability

These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

Releases

66 releases since FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE; the text changed 6 times.

  1. 4.3–4.11
  2. 5.0–6.2
  3. 6.3–10.4
  4. 11.0–12.4
  5. 13.0–13.5
  6. 14.0–14.1
  7. 14.2–16.0

Authors

Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.