menu_item_new(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions menu_item_new(3CURSES)NAME
menu_item_new, new_item, free_item - create and destroy menus items
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu-lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>
ITEM *new_item(char *name, char *desc);
int free_item(ITEM *item);
DESCRIPTIONnew_item() creates a new item from name and description, and returns a
pointer to the new item.
free_item() frees the storage allocated for item. Once an item is
freed, the user can no longer connect it to a menu.
RETURN VALUESnew_item() returns NULL on error.
free_item() returns one of the following:
E_OK The routine returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.
E_CONNECTED One or more items are already connected to another
menu.
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 5.11 31 Dec 1996 menu_item_new(3CURSES)