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diff --git a/man/menu_driver.3x b/man/menu_driver.3x
index 835d6751..39c520d7 100644
--- a/man/menu_driver.3x
+++ b/man/menu_driver.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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 *
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_driver.3x,v 1.21 2017/01/07 19:25:15 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_driver.3x,v 1.24 2018/07/28 22:08:59 tom Exp $
.TH menu_driver 3X ""
.de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
..
.SH NAME
\fBmenu_driver\fR \- command-processing loop of the menu system
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ through \fBmenu_driver\fR. This routine has three major input cases:
.bP
The input is a form navigation request.
Navigation request codes are constants defined in \fB
\fP,
-which are distinct from the key- and character codes returned by \fBwgetch\fP(3X).
+which are distinct from the key- and character codes
+returned by \fBwgetch\fP(3X).
.bP
The input is a printable character.
Printable characters (which must be positive, less than 256) are
@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@ Move to the previous item matching the pattern match.
.PP
If the second argument is a printable character, the code appends
it to the pattern buffer and attempts to move to the next item matching
-the new pattern. If there is no such match, \fBmenu_driver\fR returns
+the new pattern.
+If there is no such match, \fBmenu_driver\fR returns
\fBE_NO_MATCH\fR and deletes the appended character from the buffer.
.PP
If the second argument is one of the above pre-defined requests, the
@@ -150,12 +153,14 @@ application specific command should be executed.
If a translation
into a request was done, \fBmenu_driver\fR returns the result of this request.
.PP
-If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event could not be translated
+If you clicked outside the user window
+or the mouse event could not be translated
into a menu request an \fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR is returned.
.SS APPLICATION-DEFINED COMMANDS
.PP
If the second argument is neither printable nor one of the above
-pre-defined menu requests or KEY_MOUSE, the drive assumes it is an application-specific
+pre-defined menu requests or KEY_MOUSE,
+the drive assumes it is an application-specific
command and returns \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR. Application-defined commands
should be defined relative to \fBMAX_COMMAND\fR, the maximum value of these
pre-defined requests.
@@ -193,8 +198,10 @@ The menu driver could not process the request.
The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files
\fB\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on
-Version 7 or BSD versions. The support for mouse events is ncurses specific.
+These routines emulate the System V menu library.
+They were not supported on
+Version 7 or BSD versions.
+The support for mouse events is ncurses specific.
.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.