ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240622

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2014,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.39 2023/10/07 21:19:07 tom Exp $
-.TH menu 3X 2023-10-07 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.47 2024/05/25 20:52:38 tom Exp $
+.TH menu 3X 2024-05-25 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 ..
 .SH NAME
 \fBmenu\fP \-
-curses extension for programming menus
+present menus in \fIcurses\fP windows
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <menu.h>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ these functions.
 To use the \fBmenu\fP library, link with the options
 \fB\-lmenu \-lcurses\fP.
 .
-.SS Current Default Values for Item Attributes
+.SS "Current Default Values for Item Attributes"
 .
 The \fBmenu\fP library maintains a default value for item attributes.
 You can
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Changing this default with a
 \fBset_\fP function affects future item creations, but does not change the
 rendering of items already created.
 .
-.SS Routine Name Index
+.SS "Routine Name Index"
 .
 The following table lists each \fBmenu\fP routine and the name of
 the manual page on which it is described.
@@ -190,30 +190,26 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fP(3)).
 .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
-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
-Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations:
+Aside from \fI\%ncurses\fP, 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.
+Manual pages and adaptation for \fI\%ncurses\fP by Eric S. Raymond.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X) and related pages whose names begin \*(``menu_\*(''
 for detailed descriptions of the entry points.