ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100220

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

diff --git a/man/menu_mark.3x b/man/menu_mark.3x
index 72ea000335e4ba22f3d6cbdb624583f4cd8f48e4..1db2b3ee19748c87701ba4ffeaa1963df40d9e96 100644 (file)
--- a/man/menu_mark.3x
+++ b/man/menu_mark.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2006 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_mark.3x,v 1.6 1998/11/29 01:10:03 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_mark.3x,v 1.9 2006/11/04 18:33:18 tom Exp $
 .TH menu_mark 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBmenu_mark\fR - get and set the menu mark string
@@ -42,29 +42,31 @@ const char *menu_mark(const MENU *menu);
 In order to make menu selections visible on older terminals without
 highlighting or color capability, the menu library marks selected items
 in a menu with a prefix string.
-
+.PP
 The function \fBset_menu_mark\fR sets the mark string for the given menu.
 Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with a null menu item will abolish the mark string.
 Note that changing the length of the mark string for a menu while the
 menu is posted is likely to produce unhelpful behavior.
-
+.PP
 The default string is "-" (a dash). Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with
-a \fBNULL\fR menu argument will change this default.
-
+a non-\fBNULL\fR menu argument will change this default.
+.PP
 The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns the menu's mark string (or \fBNULL\fR if
 there is none).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.  The function
-\fBset_menu_mark\fR may return the following error codes:
+The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
+It does not set errno.
+.PP
+The function \fBset_menu_mark\fR may return the following error codes:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES