ncurses 6.4 - patch 20231202

[ncurses.git] / man / menu.3x

diff --git a/man/menu.3x b/man/menu.3x
index 8e099e6dca72e1e40d00f85277089787f4900c5f..601ec050c68b168f827558132e8b42d883254b01 100644 (file)
--- a/man/menu.3x
+++ b/man/menu.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *

 .\" Copyright 1998-2014,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2014,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *


@@ -28,21 +28,30 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.30 2021/12/25 21:49:32 tom Exp $
-.TH menu 3X 2021-12-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
-.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
-.el       .ds `` ``
-.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
-.el       .ds '' ''
+.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.41 2023/11/25 13:59:44 tom Exp $
+.TH menu 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el   .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el   .ds '' ""
+.\}
+.

 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
 ..
 .SH NAME
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
 ..
 .SH NAME

-\fBmenu\fP \- curses extension for programming menus
+\fBmenu\fP \-
+curses extension for programming menus

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH SYNOPSIS

-\fB#include <menu.h>\fP
-.br
+.nf
+\fB#include <menu.h>
+.fi

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBmenu\fP library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing
 menu systems on character-cell terminals.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBmenu\fP library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing
 menu systems on character-cell terminals.


@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ rendering of items already created.
 .
 The following table lists each \fBmenu\fP routine and the name of
 the manual page on which it is described.
 .
 The following table lists each \fBmenu\fP routine and the name of
 the manual page on which it is described.

-.
+.PP

 .TS
 l l .
 \fBcurses\fP Routine Name      Manual Page Name
 .TS
 l l .
 \fBcurses\fP Routine Name      Manual Page Name


@@ -181,19 +190,15 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fP(3)).
 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
 The menu driver code saw an unknown request code.
 .SH NOTES
 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
 The menu driver code saw an unknown request code.
 .SH NOTES

-The header file \fB<menu.h>\fP automatically includes the header files
-\fB<curses.h>\fP and \fB<eti.h>\fP.
-.PP
-In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
-you should say \*(``\-lmenu \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
-(which would give a link-error when using static libraries).
+The header file \fI\%menu.h\fP itself includes the header file
+\fI\%curses.h\fP.

 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V menu library.
 They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .PP
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V menu library.
 They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .PP

-The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in
-\fICharacter User Interface Programming (UNIX SVR4.2)\fP.
+A menu facility was documented in SVr4.2's
+\fICharacter User Interface Programming\fP document.

 .PP
 It is not part of X/Open Curses.
 .PP
 .PP
 It is not part of X/Open Curses.
 .PP


@@ -206,8 +211,5 @@ NetBSD curses.
 Juergen Pfeifer.
 Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 Juergen Pfeifer.
 Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO

-\fBcurses\fP(3X) and related pages whose names begin \*(``menu_\*(''
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X) and related pages whose names begin \*(``menu_\*(''

 for detailed descriptions of the entry points.
 for detailed descriptions of the entry points.

-.PP
-This describes \fBncurses\fP
-version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).