form_request_name3
Handle printable form request names
Part of form_request_by_name(3).
Usage
const char
*form_request_name(int
request);
int
form_request_by_name(const
char
*name);
Overview
The function form_request_name returns the printable name of a form request code. The function 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.
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.
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.
History
- FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27) to FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE: the text shown here
- FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE
- FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE
- FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE to FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE
- FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE to FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE
- FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE to FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE
- FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE to FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE
- FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE to FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE
- FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE to FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE