ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171125

[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
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" 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            *
@@ -27,8 +27,16 @@
 .\" 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 ""
+.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
@@ -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,
-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@).