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diff --git a/man/mitem_new.3x b/man/mitem_new.3x index 8e2449e2e208..1e6fd0d872ea 100644 --- a/man/mitem_new.3x +++ b/man/mitem_new.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 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 * @@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.12 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.15 2019/01/20 20:32:23 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 .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 -\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 @@ -70,15 +75,16 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. Item is connected to a menu. .TP 5 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR -System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). +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. +Juergen Pfeifer. +Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. |