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| <H1 class="no-header">menu_new 3x</H1> |
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| <STRONG><A HREF="menu_new.3x.html">menu_new(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="menu_new.3x.html">menu_new(3x)</A></STRONG> |
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| <H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG>menu_new</STRONG> - create and destroy menus |
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| <H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><menu.h></STRONG> |
| MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items); |
| int free_menu(MENU *menu); |
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| <H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE> |
| The function <STRONG>new_menu</STRONG> creates a new menu connected to a |
| specified item pointer array (which must be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>-termi- |
| nated). |
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| The function <STRONG>free_menu</STRONG> disconnects <EM>menu</EM> from its item |
| array and frees the storage allocated for the menu. |
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| <H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE> |
| The function <STRONG>new_menu</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. It sets |
| errno according to the function's failure: |
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| <STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG> |
| No items are connected to the menu. |
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| <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG> |
| System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure. |
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| The function <STRONG>free_menu</STRONG> returns one of the following: |
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| <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded. |
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| <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG> |
| System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>). |
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| <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG> |
| Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- |
| ment. |
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| <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG> |
| The menu has already been posted. |
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| <H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG>. |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE> |
| The header file <STRONG><menu.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header |
| file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>. |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE> |
| These routines emulate the System V menu library. They |
| were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE> |
| Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new |
| curses by Eric S. Raymond. |
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| <STRONG><A HREF="menu_new.3x.html">menu_new(3x)</A></STRONG> |
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