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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.22 2014/08/16 20:32:08 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.24 2017/11/25 20:24:22 tom Exp $
.TH menu 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el .ds '' ''
+.de bP
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
+..
.SH NAME
\fBmenu\fR \- curses extension for programming menus
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB<curses.h>\fR and \fB<eti.h>\fR.
.PP
In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
-you want to say `\-lmenu \-lncurses', not the other way around (which would
-usually give a link-error).
+you should say \*(``\-lmenu \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
+(which would give a link-error when using static libraries).
.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.
+.PP
+It is not part of X/Open Curses.
+.PP
+Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations:
+.bP
+systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris.
+.bP
+NetBSD curses.
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric
S. Raymond.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed
-descriptions of the entry points.
+\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin \*(``menu_\*(''
+for detailed descriptions of the entry points.
.PP
This describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).