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 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2003 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            *
@@ -27,57 +28,64 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.8 2003/10/25 20:08:57 Jared.Yanovich Exp $
+.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.19 2020/10/18 00:37:03 tom Exp $
 .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
+.sp
+\fBITEM *new_item(const char *\fP\fIname\fP\fB, const char *\fP\fIdescription\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
-ITEM *new_item(const char *name, const char *description);
-.br
-int free_item(ITEM *item);
+\fBint free_item(ITEM *\fP\fIitem\fP\fB);\fP
 .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
-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
 The function \fBnew_item\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-
+It sets \fBerrno\fP according to the function's failure:
+.TP 5
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+.PP
 The function \fBfree_item\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).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_CONNECTED\fR
+.B E_CONNECTED
 Item is connected to a menu.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
 .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
+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.