X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fmenu.3x.html;h=0a748925632f7d01426d445ab19dc450c7713326;hp=9d1f818b77667273045802ef1ba30658039260c1;hb=a816c8dae437106bbf1661304240ff568ae3efef;hpb=7fa7badf32c514211478cf9f79c70f20d435c2f2;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html index 9d1f818b..0a748925 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ -
- +- The menu library maintains a default value for item attributes. You - can get or set this default by calling the appropriate get_ or set_ - routine with a NULL item pointer. Changing this default with a set_ - function affects future item creations, but does not change the render- - ing of items already created. + The menu library maintains a default value for item attributes. You + can get or set this default by calling the appropriate get_ or set_ + routine with a NULL item pointer. Changing this default with a set_ + function affects future item creations, but does not change the + rendering of items already created.
- The following table lists each menu routine and the name of the manual + The following table lists each menu routine and the name of the manual page on which it is described. curses Routine Name Manual Page Name @@ -110,8 +112,8 @@ menu_pattern menu_pattern(3x) menu_request_by_name menu_requestname(3x) menu_request_name menu_requestname(3x) - menu_spacing menu_spacing(3x) + menu_spacing menu_spacing(3x) menu_sub menu_win(3x) menu_term menu_hook(3x) menu_userptr menu_userptr(3x) @@ -148,7 +150,7 @@
- Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Routines that + Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error codes: E_OK The routine succeeded. @@ -181,24 +183,35 @@ The menu driver could not process the request. E_SYSTEM_ERROR - System error occurred (see errno). + System error occurred (see errno(3)). E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND The menu driver code saw an unknown request code.
- The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header files + The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is, - you should say "-lmenu -lncurses", not the other way around (which + you should say "-lmenu -lncurses", not the other way around (which would give a link-error when using static libraries).
- These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not sup- - ported on Version 7 or BSD versions. + These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not + supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. + + The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface + Programming (UNIX SVR4.2). + + It is not part of X/Open Curses. + + Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: + + o systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris. + + o NetBSD curses.
@@ -210,7 +223,7 @@ curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20171014). + This describes ncurses version 6.3 (patch 20211021).