ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171216

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

diff --git a/man/menu.3x b/man/menu.3x
index c0be469518ba11ada063c6cec3469a1a90beb4d1..79613ea52b4f34ee12e444bc649e1807b39d52bd 100644 (file)
--- a/man/menu.3x
+++ b/man/menu.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -27,8 +27,16 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $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 ""
 .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
 .SH NAME
 \fBmenu\fR \- curses extension for programming menus
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -171,17 +179,28 @@ The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header files
 \fB<curses.h>\fR and \fB<eti.h>\fR.
 .PP
 In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
 \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.
 .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
 .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@).
 .PP
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).