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36 .Nm dynamic_field_info ,
44 .Fn dynamic_field_info "FIELD *field" "int *drows" "int *dcols" "int *max"
46 .Fn field_info "FIELD *field" "int *rows" "int *cols" "int *frow" "int *fcol" \
47 "int *nrow" "int *nbuf"
50 .Fn dynamic_field_info
51 returns the sizing information for the field given.
52 The function will return the number of rows, columns and the maximum
53 growth of the field in the storage pointed to by the drows, dcols and max
54 parameters respectively.
55 Dynamic field information cannot be requested for the default field.
56 If the field given is not dynamic then
57 .Fn dynamic_field_info
58 will simply return the size of the actual field.
61 will return the number or rows, columns, field starting row, field
62 starting column, number of off screen rows and number of buffers in
72 The functions will return one of the following error values:
74 .Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
76 The function was successful.
78 A bad argument was passed to the function.
86 automatically includes both