X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmenu_spacing.3x;h=0332e47f56b36507a77615f152da17d6f08c2b48;hp=dfe03a8a55b1d679814e6c50abd1eb0a359db4d4;hb=41068edef084c39be0cecdf949d9b538d925f42c;hpb=c6540b9c89dda1a6a8bd681726831e8924176504 diff --git a/man/menu_spacing.3x b/man/menu_spacing.3x index dfe03a8a..0332e47f 100644 --- a/man/menu_spacing.3x +++ b/man/menu_spacing.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2001,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2010 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 * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: menu_spacing.3x,v 1.8 2004/12/11 23:39:07 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: menu_spacing.3x,v 1.9 2010/01/30 21:29:04 tom Exp $ .TH menu_spacing 3X "" .SH NAME \fBmenu_spacing\fR - Control spacing between menu items. @@ -46,22 +46,28 @@ int menu_spacing(const MENU *menu, .br .SH DESCRIPTION The function \fBset_menu_spacing\fR sets the spacing informations for the menu. -\fBspc_description\fR controls the number of spaces between an item name and an item -description. It must not be larger than \fBTABSIZE\fR. The menu system puts in the -middle of this spacing area the pad character. The remaining parts are filled with +Its parameter \fBspc_description\fR controls the number of spaces between an item name and an item +description. +It must not be larger than \fBTABSIZE\fR. +The menu system puts in the +middle of this spacing area the pad character. +The remaining parts are filled with spaces. -\fBspc_rows\fR controls the number of rows that are used for an item. It must not be -larger than 3. The menu system inserts the blank lines between item rows, these lines +The \fBspc_rows\fR parameter controls the number of rows that are used for an item. +It must not be larger than 3. +The menu system inserts the blank lines between item rows, these lines will contain the pad character in the appropriate positions. -\fBspc_columns\fR controls the number of blanks between columns of items. It must not -be larger than TABSIZE. +The \fBspc_columns\fR parameter controls the number of blanks between columns of items. +It must not be larger than TABSIZE. A value of 0 for all the spacing values resets them to the default, which is 1 for all of them. .br -The function \fBmenu_spacing\fR passes back the spacing info for the menu. If a +The function \fBmenu_spacing\fR passes back the spacing info for the menu. +If a pointer is NULL, this specific info is simply not returned. .SH RETURN VALUE -Both routines return \fBE_OK\fR on success. \fBset_menu_spacing\fR may return +Both routines return \fBE_OK\fR on success. +\fBset_menu_spacing\fR may return \fBE_POSTED\fR if the menu is posted, or \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR if one of the spacing values is out of range. .SH SEE ALSO @@ -70,12 +76,14 @@ spacing values is out of range. The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header file \fB\fR. .SH PORTABILITY -These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on -Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that +These routines are specific to ncurses. +They were not supported on +Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. +It is recommended that any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION. .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. .\"# .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS .\"# Local Variables: