ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201219

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

diff --git a/man/menu_new.3x b/man/menu_new.3x
index c53bd9b8cb6554d8385b09f545276eeaddc14205..3b04f93bb162f24dbfdcbacdfb0a87c9b097b997 100644 (file)
--- a/man/menu_new.3x
+++ b/man/menu_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 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            *
@@ -27,38 +28,46 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: menu_new.3x,v 1.7 1998/11/29 01:10:13 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_new.3x,v 1.18 2020/10/24 08:57:51 tom Exp $
 .TH menu_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBmenu_new\fR - create and destroy menus
+\fBnew_menu\fP,
+\fBfree_menu\fR \- create and destroy menus
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
+.sp
+\fBMENU *new_menu(ITEM **\fP\fIitems\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
-MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items);
-.br
-int free_menu(MENU *menu);
+\fBint free_menu(MENU *\fP\fImenu\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBnew_menu\fR creates a new menu connected to a specified item
 pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).
-
+.PP
 The function \fBfree_menu\fR disconnects \fImenu\fR from its item array
 and frees the storage allocated for the menu.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function \fBnew_menu\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-
+It sets \fBerrno\fP according to the function's failure:
+.TP 5
+.B E_NOT_CONNECTED
+No items are connected to the menu.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+.PP
 The function \fBfree_menu\fR returns one of the following:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
 .TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_POSTED\fR
+.B E_POSTED
 The menu has already been posted.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
@@ -66,14 +75,9 @@ The menu has already been posted.
 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.