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Dd September 10, 1999
Dt MENU_ITEMS 3
Os
Sh NAME
Nm item_count ,
Nm menu_items ,
Nm set_menu_items
Nd attach items to menus or check correspondences
Sh LIBRARY
Lb libmenu
Sh SYNOPSIS
In menu.h
Ft int
Fn item_count "MENU *menu"
Ft ITEM **
Fn menu_items "MENU *menu"
Ft int
Fn set_menu_items "MENU *menu" "ITEM **items"
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Fn item_count
Fa menu
function returns the number of items currently attached to the menu
passed.
The
Fn menu_items
function returns a pointer to an array of item pointers that represent
the menu items currently attached to the given menu.
Apart from using
Fn new_menu
(see
Xr menu_new 3 )
menu items may be attached to a menu by calling
Fn set_menu_items
any items currently attached to the menu will be detached and the NULL
terminated array of new items will be attached to the menu.
Sh RETURN VALUES
Any function returning a string pointer will return NULL if an error
occurs.
Functions returning an integer will return one of the following:
Pp
Bl -tag -width E_CONNECTED -compact
It Er E_OK
The function was successful.
It Er E_POSTED
The menu is already posted.
It Er E_CONNECTED
An item was already connected to a menu.
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> .