requestname(3FORM) Library calls requestname(3FORM)
NAME
form_request_by_name, form_request_name - handle printable form request
names
SYNOPSIS
#include <form.h>
const char *form_request_name(int request);
int form_request_by_name(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The function form_request_name returns the printable name of a form re-
quest code. The function form_request_by_name searches in the name-ta-
ble for a request with the given name and returns its request code.
Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.
RETURN VALUE
form_request_name returns NULL on error and sets errno to E_BAD_ARGU-
MENT.
form_request_by_name returns E_NO_MATCH on error. It does not set er-
rno.
PORTABILITY
These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on Ver-
sion 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any
code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
Raymond.
SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES), form(3FORM)
ncurses 6.5 2024-12-28 requestname(3FORM)
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