ncurses 6.1 - patch 20180127

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

diff --git a/man/mitem_name.3x b/man/mitem_name.3x
index 007752e0bbe40ba0f6a9ce4986ac24b74cc69db9..3291ee72959437aa35a852ccf660d361f9bf6471 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mitem_name.3x
+++ b/man/mitem_name.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" 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.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: mitem_name.3x,v 1.5 1998/11/29 01:11:29 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: mitem_name.3x,v 1.9 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp $

 .TH mitem_name 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH mitem_name 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBmitem_name\fR - get menu item name and description fields
+\fBitem_name\fR,
+\fBitem_description\fR \- get menu item name and description fields

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
 .br
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
 .br


@@ -44,21 +45,16 @@ The function \fBitem_name\fR returns the name part of the given item.
 The function \fBitem_description\fR returns the description part of the given
 item.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function \fBitem_description\fR returns the description part of the given
 item.
 .SH RETURN VALUE

-These routines returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
+These routines return a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
+They do not set errno.

 .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
 .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
-Version 7 or BSD versions.
+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.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.

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