ncurses 6.0 - patch 20160723

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

diff --git a/man/mitem_new.3x b/man/mitem_new.3x
index 0653840167bd5fba44d505d2db57951a8fb3602f..d234c370a52fa44b396d5c9637544fa23289aa4a 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mitem_new.3x
+++ b/man/mitem_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 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            *


@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.7 1998/11/29 01:11:38 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.13 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp $

 .TH mitem_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH mitem_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBmitem_new\fR - create and destroy menu items
+\fBnew_item\fP,
+\fBfree_item\fR \- create and destroy menu items

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
 .br
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
 .br


@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ int free_item(ITEM *item);
 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
 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
 or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
 .br
 The function \fBfree_item\fR de-allocates an item. Please notice that it


@@ -50,20 +51,27 @@ is the responsibility of the application to release the memory for the
 name or the description of the item.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function \fBnew_item\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
 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
 The function \fBfree_item\fR returns one of the following:
 .TP 5

-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK

 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 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
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5

-\fBE_CONNECTED\fR
+.B E_CONNECTED

 Item is connected to a menu.
 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 SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES


@@ -75,9 +83,3 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.

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