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authorLorry Tar Creator <lorry-tar-importer@lorry>2020-02-12 02:21:21 +0000
committerLorry Tar Creator <lorry-tar-importer@lorry>2020-02-12 02:21:21 +0000
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2015,2016 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 +28,11 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_format.3x,v 1.12 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_format.3x,v 1.17 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
.TH menu_format 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBmenu_format\fR \- set and get menu sizes
+\fBset_menu_format\fP,
+\fBmenu_format\fP \- set and get menu sizes
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <menu.h>\fR
.br
@@ -40,12 +42,16 @@ void menu_format(const MENU *menu, int *rows, int *cols);
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The function \fBset_menu_format\fR sets the maximum display size of the given
-menu. If this size is too small to display all menu items, the menu will be
-made scrollable. If this size is larger than the menus subwindow and the
-subwindow is too small to display all menu items, \fBpost_menu()\fR will fail.
+menu.
+If this size is too small to display all menu items, the menu will be
+made scrollable.
+If this size is larger than the menus subwindow and the
+subwindow is too small to display all menu items, \fBpost_menu\fR will fail.
.PP
-The default format is 16 rows, 1 column. Calling \fBset_menu_format\fR with a
-null menu pointer will change this default. A zero row or column argument to
+The default format is 16 rows, 1 column.
+Calling \fBset_menu_format\fR with a
+null menu pointer will change this default.
+A zero row or column argument to
\fBset_menu_format\fR is interpreted as a request not to change the current
value.
.PP
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ These routines returns one of the following:
The routine succeeded.
.TP 5
.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
.TP 5
.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
@@ -74,8 +80,9 @@ No items are connected to the menu.
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.