menu_items(3) [netbsd man page]

MENU_ITEMS(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					     MENU_ITEMS(3)

NAME

     item_count, menu_items, set_menu_items -- attach items to menus or check correspondences

LIBRARY

     Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <menu.h>

     int
     item_count(MENU *menu);

     ITEMS **
     menu_items(MENU *menu);

     int
     set_menu_items(MENU *menu, ITEM **items);

DESCRIPTION

     The item_count() menu function returns the number of items currently attached to the menu passed.	The 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 new_menu() (see
     menu_new(3)) menu items may be attached to a menu by calling 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.

RETURN VALUES

     Any function returning a string pointer will return NULL if an error occurs.  Functions returning an integer will return one of the follow-
     ing:

     E_OK	  The function was successful.
     E_POSTED	  The menu is already posted.
     E_CONNECTED  An item was already connected to a menu.

SEE ALSO

     curses(3), menus(3)

NOTES

     The header <menu.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.

BSD
								September 10, 1999							       BSD

menu_items(3CURSES)					     Curses Library Functions					       menu_items(3CURSES)

NAME

       menu_items, set_menu_items, item_count - connect and disconnect items to and from menus

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu -lcurses [ library... ]
       #include <menu.h>

       int set_menu_items(MENU *menu, ITEM **items);

       ITEM **menu_items(MENU *menu);

       int item_count(MENU *menu);

DESCRIPTION

       set_menu_items()  changes  the  item  pointer array connected to menu to the item pointer array items.menu_items() returns a pointer to the
       item pointer array connected to menu.item_count() returns the number of items in menu.

RETURN VALUES

       menu_items() returns NULL on error.

       item_count() returns -1 on error.

       set_menu_items() 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_POSTED 	       The menu is already posted.

       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 ALSO

       curses(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_items(3CURSES)