form_opts(3X)

🌸 form_opts(3X) 🌸

okay so this is the Library calls page for form_opts(3X), and bestie, if you're here for form options you are literally in the right place. 💅 no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

set_form_opts, form_opts_on, form_opts_off, form_opts — set and get form options. periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <form.h>

int set_form_opts(FORM *form, Field_Options opts);
Field_Options form_opts(const FORM *form);

int form_opts_on(FORM *form, Field_Options opts);
int form_opts_off(FORM *form, Field_Options opts);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, bestie: set_form_opts sets all the given form's option bits (and yes, form option bits may be logically “or”-ed together, iykyk). ✨

form_opts_on turns on the given option bits, and leaves others alone. form_opts_off turns off the given option bits, and leaves others alone. form_opts returns the form's current option bits. lowkey iconic.

The following options are defined (and yes, all are on by default):

• O_NL_OVERLOAD — Overload the REQ_NEW_LINE forms driver request so that calling it at the end of a field goes to the next field. 🎀
• O_BS_OVERLOAD — Overload the REQ_DEL_PREV forms driver request so that calling it at the beginning of a field goes to the previous field. 🦋

💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

Except for form_opts, each routine returns one of the following:

• E_OK — The routine succeeded. slay. ✅
• E_SYSTEM_ERROR — System error occurred (see errno(3)). 😭

🌈 PORTABILITY 🌈

These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. ngl, that's the whole lore.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

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

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• curses(3X)
• form(3X)

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💖 from ncurses 6.5, dated 2025-01-18 — that's the source/version and date sign-off, bestie. go set some form options and ate. periodt. 🫶