ncurses 6.1 - patch 20180728

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

diff --git a/man/mitem_new.3x b/man/mitem_new.3x
index 8e2449e2e2082eec83c31ee8f66e7ef44045319a..f69e16372b4a8bd3f3edc22c01e694d5cff818e3 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mitem_new.3x
+++ b/man/mitem_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 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            *
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.12 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.14 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
 .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
@@ -40,12 +41,16 @@ int free_item(ITEM *item);
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 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 careful with names
+\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 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
+The function \fBfree_item\fR de-allocates an item.
+Please notice that it
 is the responsibility of the application to release the memory for the
 name or the description of the item.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
@@ -77,8 +82,9 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on
+These routines emulate the System V menu library.
+They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.