form_new_page(3X)

💖 form_new_page — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the pagination corner of the form library, manual section 3X, and it's genuinely so much simpler than it sounds. two functions. one flag. we love a low-effort icon. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

set_new_page, new_page — the form pagination girlies 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <form.h>

int set_new_page(FIELD *field, bool new_page_flag);
bool new_page(const FIELD *field);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

set_new_page does the thing: it sets or resets a flag that marks the given field as the beginning of a new page on its form. so basically you're telling the form "this field? yeah, she starts a fresh page." or un-telling it. your call, bestie. 💅

new_page is a predicate — fancy word, chill job — and it tests if a given field marks a page beginning on its form. that's it. that's the whole function. main character energy with like, zero dialogue. 👑

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

new_page gives you back TRUE or FALSE. no surprises, no drama. 🌈

set_new_page returns one of these:

• E_OK — the routine succeeded. slay. 🎉
• E_CONNECTED — the given field is already connected to a form. like, she's taken. can't do it. 🙈

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🧚 PORTABILITY 🧚

these routines emulate the System V forms library. they were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. so if you're on those, no cap, you're out of luck. 😭

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Juergen Pfeifer. manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. legends, both of them. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

curses(3X) — and any related pages whose names begin “form_” — for detailed descriptions of the entry points. go read those if you want the full lore. iykyk. 📚✨

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and that's the whole page, babes! 🍓 this was pulled from ncurses 6.6, dated 2024-03-16 — so you know it's fresh-ish. go forth and paginate. 💜