NAME
free_menu,
new_menu
- create or delete a menu
LIBRARY
Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)
SYNOPSIS
int
free_menu(MENU *menu)
MENU *
new_menu(ITEMS **items)
DESCRIPTION
The
free_menu()
menu
function destroys the given menu and frees all allocated storage
associated with the menu.
All items associated with the menu are
detached from the menu before it is destroyed.
The
new_menu()
function allocates storage for a new menu and initializes all the
values to the defined defaults.
If the items pointer passed is not a NULL then the given NULL terminated
array of items is attached to the new menu.
RETURN VALUES
The
new_menu()
function returns NULL on error, while the
free_menu()
function returns one of the following error values:
E_OK-
The function was successful.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT-
One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
E_POSTED-
The menu is already posted.
SEE ALSO
curses(3),
menus(3)
NOTES
The header
<menu.h>
automatically includes both
<curses.h>
and
<eti.h>.