ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240922

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

diff --git a/man/mitem_new.3x b/man/mitem_new.3x
index d234c370a52fa44b396d5c9637544fa23289aa4a..66bd29bce3a8b12ca1c247dbe4f6c50c3acad36a 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mitem_new.3x
+++ b/man/mitem_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-'\" t

 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 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            *


@@ -27,31 +27,36 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.13 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp $
-.TH mitem_new 3X ""
+.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.36 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH mitem_new 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"

 .SH NAME
 \fBnew_item\fP,
 .SH NAME
 \fBnew_item\fP,

-\fBfree_item\fR \- create and destroy menu items
+\fBfree_item\fP \-
+create and destroy menu items

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH SYNOPSIS

-\fB#include <menu.h>\fR
-.br
-ITEM *new_item(const char *name, const char *description);
-.br
-int free_item(ITEM *item);
-.br
+.nf
+\fB#include <menu.h>
+.PP
+\fBITEM *new_item(const char *\fIname\fP, const char *\fIdescription\fP);
+\fBint free_item(ITEM *\fIitem\fP);
+.fi

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .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
+The function \fBnew_item\fP allocates a new item and initializes it from the
+\fBname\fP and \fBdescription\fP 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
 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\fP 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
 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.
-It sets errno according to the function's failure:
+The function \fBnew_item\fP returns \fBNULL\fP on error.
+It sets \fBerrno\fP 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_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.


@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
 .PP
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
 .PP

-The function \fBfree_item\fR returns one of the following:
+The function \fBfree_item\fP returns one of the following:

 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.


@@ -71,15 +76,14 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 Item is connected to a menu.
 .TP 5
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 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
-The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
-\fB<curses.h>\fR.
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fP(3)).

 .SH PORTABILITY
 .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
 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.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%menu\fP(3X)