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Name

menu_opts, set_menu_opts, menu_opts_on, menu_opts_off - menus option routines

Synopsis

cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lmenu -lcurses [ library .. ]

#include <menu.h>

OPTIONS menu_opts(MENU *menu);

int set_menu_opts(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

int menu_opts_on(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

int menu_opts_off(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

MT-Level

Unsafe

Description

Menu Options

set_menu_opts() turns on the named options for menu and turns off all other options. Options are boolean values that can be OR-ed together.

menu_opts_on() turns on the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

menu_opts_off() turns off the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

menu_opts() returns the current options of menu.

The following values can be OR’d together to create opts.

O_ONEVALUE
Only one item can be selected from the menu.
O_SHOWDESC
Display the description of the items.
O_ROWMAJOR
Display the menu in row major order.
O_IGNORECASE
Ignore the case when pattern matching.
O_SHOWMATCH
Place the cursor within the item name when pattern matching.
O_NONCYCLIC
Make certain menu driver requests non-cyclic.

Return Values

Except for menu_opts(), these routines return one of the following: 
E_OK        The routine returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR        System error.
E_POSTED        The menu is already posted.

See Also

curses(3X) , menus(3X)

Notes

The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.

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