menu_opts(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions menu_opts(3CURSES)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);
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 pat‐
tern 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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Unsafe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOcurses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and
<curses.h>.
SunOS 5.10 31 Dec 1996 menu_opts(3CURSES)
