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47 .Fn form_sub "FORM *form"
49 .Fn form_win "FORM *form"
51 .Fn scale_form "FORM *form" "int *rows" "int *cols"
53 .Fn set_form_sub "FORM *form" "WINDOW *window"
55 .Fn set_form_win "FORM *form" "WINDOW *window"
57 All output to the screen done by the forms library is handled by the
58 curses library routines.
59 By default, the forms library will output to the curses
61 but if the forms window has been set via
63 then output will be sent to the window specified by
65 unless the forms subwindow has been set using
67 If a subwindow has been specified using
69 then it will be used by the forms library to for screen output.
70 The current setting for the form window can be retrieved by calling
72 If the forms window has not been set then
75 Similarly, the forms subwindow can be found by calling the
77 function, again, if the subwindow has not been set then
83 function will return the minimum number of rows and columns that will
84 entirely contain the given form.
86 Functions returning pointers will return
88 if an error is detected.
89 The functions that return an int will return one of the following error
92 .Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
94 The function was successful.
95 .It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
96 The form has no fields connected to it.
98 The form is posted to the screen.
106 automatically includes both