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Dd September 10, 1999
Dt MENU_ITEM_NEW 3
Os
Sh NAME
Nm free_item ,
Nm new_item
Nd create or delete menu item
Sh LIBRARY
Lb libmenu
Sh SYNOPSIS
In menu.h
Ft int
Fn free_item "ITEM *item"
Ft ITEM *
Fn new_item "char *name" "char *description"
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Fn free_item
function destroys the item and frees all allocated storage for that
item.
The
Fn new_item
allocates storage for a new item then copies in the item name and
description for the new item.
A pointer to the newly created item is returned to the caller.
Sh RETURN VALUES
The
Fn new_item
function returns NULL on failure, the
Fn free_item
returns one of the following error values:
Pp
Bl -tag -width E_BAD_ARGUMENT -compact
It Er E_OK
The function was successful.
It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr curses 3 ,
Xr menus 3
Sh NOTES
The header
Pa <menu.h>
automatically includes both
Pa <curses.h>
and
Pa <eti.h> .