form_requestname(3form)

form_requestname3form

Handle printable form request names

Part of requestname(3form).

Usage

#include <form.h>
const char *form_request_name(int request);
int form_request_by_name(const char *name);

Overview

The function form_request_name returns the printable name of a form request code.
The function form_request_by_name searches in the name-table for a request with the given name and returns its request code. Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.

Return value

form_request_name returns NULL on error and sets errno to E_BAD_ARGUMENT.
form_request_by_name returns E_NO_MATCH on error. It does not set errno.

Notes

The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.

Portability

These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0–6.0
  5. 7–8

Authors

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

From ncurses-doc 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.