ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200328

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

diff --git a/man/menu_requestname.3x b/man/menu_requestname.3x
index f4b646a455fcb63417896050af4efdf377e33085..30992c07b2d357c5c0d484afaed34f6fec1bd5cf 100644 (file)
--- a/man/menu_requestname.3x
+++ b/man/menu_requestname.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 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            *
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: menu_requestname.3x,v 1.6 1998/11/29 01:10:40 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_requestname.3x,v 1.13 2020/03/28 19:06:28 tom Exp $
 .TH menu_requestname 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBmenu_requestname\fR - handle printable menu request names
+\fBmenu_request_by_name\fP,
+\fBmenu_request_name\fR \- handle printable menu request names
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -43,27 +45,25 @@ The function \fBmenu_request_name\fR returns the printable name of a menu
 request code.
 .br
 The function \fBmenu_request_by_name\fR searches in the name-table for a request
-with the given name and returns its request code. Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.
+with the given name and returns its request code.
+Otherwise E_NO_MATCH is returned.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-\fBmenu_request_name\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error and sets errno
-to \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR.
+\fBmenu_request_name\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error
+and sets \fBerrno\fP to \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR.
 .br
 \fBmenu_request_by_name\fR returns \fBE_NO_MATCH\fR on error.
+It does not set \fBerrno\fP.
 .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 are specific to ncurses.  They were not supported on
-Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.  It is recommended that
+These routines are specific to ncurses.
+They were not supported on
+Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
+It is recommended that
 any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
 .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.