form_requestname(3X)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the form_requestname(3X) page — yes it’s a library calls moment, and we’re talking about form_request_by_name and form_request_name, the duo that handles printable form request names. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <form.h>

const char *form_request_name(int request);
int form_request_by_name(const char *name);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here’s the tea, bestie:

• form_request_name — returns the printable name of a form request code. slay.
• 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. no cap.

💖 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. periodt.

🦋 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. iykyk. ✨

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

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

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• curses(3X)
• form(3X)

okay that’s the whole vibe. stay slay, bestie — this page is brought to you by ncurses 6.5, dated 2024-12-28. 💜🫶