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authorRong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>2007-01-20 07:32:02 +0000
committerRong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>2007-01-20 07:32:02 +0000
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Import ncurses 5.6-20061217 onto the vender branch
Approved by: delphij
Notes
Notes: svn path=/vendor/ncurses/dist/; revision=166124
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+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/menu_mark.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2006 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_mark.3x,v 1.6 1998/11/29 01:10:03 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_mark.3x,v 1.9 2006/11/04 18:33:18 tom Exp $
.TH menu_mark 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBmenu_mark\fR - get and set the menu mark string
@@ -42,29 +42,31 @@ const char *menu_mark(const MENU *menu);
In order to make menu selections visible on older terminals without
highlighting or color capability, the menu library marks selected items
in a menu with a prefix string.
-
+.PP
The function \fBset_menu_mark\fR sets the mark string for the given menu.
Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with a null menu item will abolish the mark string.
Note that changing the length of the mark string for a menu while the
menu is posted is likely to produce unhelpful behavior.
-
+.PP
The default string is "-" (a dash). Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with
-a \fBNULL\fR menu argument will change this default.
-
+a non-\fBNULL\fR menu argument will change this default.
+.PP
The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns the menu's mark string (or \fBNULL\fR if
there is none).
.SH RETURN VALUE
-The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error. The function
-\fBset_menu_mark\fR may return the following error codes:
+The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
+It does not set errno.
+.PP
+The function \fBset_menu_mark\fR may return the following error codes:
.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
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES