form_cursor

Section: Miscellaneous Library Functions (3X)
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NAME

form_cursor - position a form window cursor  

SYNOPSIS

#include <form.h>
int pos_form_cursor(FORM *form);
 

DESCRIPTION

The function pos_form_cursor restores the cursor to the position required for the forms driver to continue processing requests. This is useful after curses routines have been called to do screen-painting in response to a form operation.  

RETURN VALUE

This routine returns one of the following:
E_OK
The routine succeeded.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
E_NOT_POSTED
The form has not been posted.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR
System error occurred (see errno).
 

SEE ALSO

curses(3X), form(3X).  

NOTES

The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.  

PORTABILITY

These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.  

AUTHORS

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