ncurses 6.1 - patch 20200111

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

diff --git a/man/menu_mark.3x b/man/menu_mark.3x
index 72ea000335e4ba22f3d6cbdb624583f4cd8f48e4..64e73d0b601a108b5e1289fab9b24e27ab76de13 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) 1998-2018,2019 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            *
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: menu_mark.3x,v 1.6 1998/11/29 01:10:03 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_mark.3x,v 1.14 2019/01/20 20:32:23 tom Exp $
 .TH menu_mark 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBmenu_mark\fR - get and set the menu mark string
+\fBset_menu_mark\fP,
+\fBmenu_mark\fR \- get and set the menu mark string
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -42,43 +43,41 @@ 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.
-
-The default string is "-" (a dash). Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with
-a \fBNULL\fR menu argument will change this default.
-
+.PP
+The default string is "\-" (a dash).
+Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with
+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(3)).
 .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.
 .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
-Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.