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<H1>mitem_new 3x</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>mitem_new</STRONG> - create and destroy menu items
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>
ITEM *new_item(const char *name, const char *description);
int free_item(ITEM *item);
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> allocates a new item and initializes
it from the <STRONG>name</STRONG> and <STRONG>description</STRONG> pointers. Please notice
that the item stores only the pointers to the name and
description. Those pointers must be valid during the life-
time of the item. So you should be very careful with names
or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> 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.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. It sets
errno according to the function's failure:
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> returns one of the following:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
<STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
Item is connected to a menu.
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
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<H2>SEE ALSO</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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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
The header file <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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