ncurses 6.1 - patch 20181208

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

diff --git a/man/mitem_new.3x b/man/mitem_new.3x
index c0fa6edcf64a5e604950a1205bb083c76e5a5d1d..f69e16372b4a8bd3f3edc22c01e694d5cff818e3 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mitem_new.3x
+++ b/man/mitem_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 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_new.3x,v 1.10 2006/11/04 18:16:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.14 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $

 .TH mitem_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH mitem_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBmitem_new\fR - create and destroy menu items
+\fBnew_item\fP,
+\fBfree_item\fR \- create and destroy menu items

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


@@ -40,12 +41,16 @@ int free_item(ITEM *item);
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBnew_item\fR allocates a new item and initializes it from the
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBnew_item\fR allocates a new item and initializes it from the

-\fBname\fR and \fBdescription\fR pointers. Please notice that the item stores
-only the pointers to the name and description. Those pointers must be valid
-during the lifetime of the item. So you should be very careful with names
+\fBname\fR and \fBdescription\fR pointers.
+Please notice that the item stores
+only the pointers to the name and description.
+Those pointers must be valid
+during the lifetime of the item.
+So you should be very careful with names

 or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
 .br
 or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
 .br

-The function \fBfree_item\fR de-allocates an item. Please notice that it
+The function \fBfree_item\fR de-allocates an item.
+Please notice that it

 is the responsibility of the application to release the memory for the
 name or the description of the item.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 is the responsibility of the application to release the memory for the
 name or the description of the item.
 .SH RETURN VALUE


@@ -77,14 +82,9 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 \fB<curses.h>\fR.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 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
 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.