form_requestname(3x)

form_requestname3x

Handle printable form request names

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

155 releases since Mac OS X 10.2; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 10.2–11.5
  2. 12.0.1–13.5
  3. 14.0–26.5

Authors

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

From ncurses 79 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.