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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.7 1998/11/29 01:11:38 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.12 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $
.TH mitem_new 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBmitem_new\fR - create and destroy menu items
+\fBmitem_new\fR \- create and destroy menu items
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <menu.h>\fR
.br
The function \fBnew_item\fR allocates a new item and initializes it from the
\fBname\fR and \fBdescription\fR pointers. Please notice that the item stores
only the pointers to the name and description. Those pointers must be valid
-during the lifetime of the item. So you should be very carefull with names
+during the lifetime of the item. So you should be very careful with names
or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
.br
The function \fBfree_item\fR de-allocates an item. Please notice that it
name or the description of the item.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The function \fBnew_item\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-
+It sets errno according to the function's failure:
+.TP 5
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+.PP
The function \fBfree_item\fR returns one of the following:
.TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
The routine succeeded.
.TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.TP 5
-\fBE_CONNECTED\fR
+.B E_CONNECTED
Item is connected to a menu.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
S. Raymond.
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