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menu_new - create and destroy menus
#include
<menu.h>
MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items);
int free_menu(MENU *menu);
The function new_menu creates a new menu connected to a specified
item pointer array (which must be NULL-terminated).
The function free_menu
disconnects menu from its item array and frees the storage allocated for
the menu.
The function new_menu returns NULL on error. It sets
errno according to the function’s failure:
- E_NOT_CONNECTED
- No items are
connected to the menu.
- E_SYSTEM_ERROR
- System error occurred, e.g., malloc
failure.
The function free_menu returns one of the following:
- E_OK
- The routine
succeeded.
- E_SYSTEM_ERROR
- System error occurred (see errno).
- E_BAD_ARGUMENT
- Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
- E_POSTED
- The menu
has already been posted.
curses(3X)
, menu(3X)
.
The header file
<menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.
These routines
emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7
or BSD versions.
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for
new curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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