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             The form driver could not process the request.
 
        <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
-            System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
+            System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>).
 
        <STRONG>E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND</STRONG>
             The form driver code saw an unknown request code.
        These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not  sup-
        ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
 
-       A  few functions are extensions added for ncurses, e.g., <STRONG>form_driver_w</STRONG>,
-       <STRONG>unfocus_current_field</STRONG>.
+       The  menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in <EM>Character</EM> <EM>User</EM> <EM>Interface</EM>
+       <EM>Programming</EM> <EM>(UNIX</EM> <EM>SVR4.2)</EM>.
+
+       It is not part of X/Open Curses.
+
+       Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations:
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD curses.
+
+       A few  functions  in  this  implementation  are  extensions  added  for
+       ncurses,   but   not   provided   by   other   implementations,   e.g.,
+       <STRONG>form_driver_w</STRONG>, <STRONG>unfocus_current_field</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>  and  related  pages  whose names begin "form_" for detailed
        descriptions of the entry points.
 
-       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20170819).
+       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20191130).