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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+* Module m_new                                                             *
+* Creation and destruction of new menus                                    *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "menu.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: m_new.c,v 1.18 2006/11/04 19:04:06 tom Exp $")
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Creates a new menu connected to the item pointer
+|                    array items and returns a pointer to the new menu.
+|                    The new menu is initialized with the values from the
+|                    default menu.
+|
+|   Return Values :  NULL on error
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(MENU *)
+new_menu(ITEM ** items)
+{
+  int err = E_SYSTEM_ERROR;
+  MENU *menu = (MENU *) calloc(1, sizeof(MENU));
+
+  T((T_CALLED("new_menu(%p)"), items));
+  if (menu)
+    {
+      *menu = _nc_Default_Menu;
+      menu->status = 0;
+      menu->rows = menu->frows;
+      menu->cols = menu->fcols;
+      if (items && *items)
+	{
+	  if (!_nc_Connect_Items(menu, items))
+	    {
+	      err = E_NOT_CONNECTED;
+	      free(menu);
+	      menu = (MENU *) 0;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (!menu)
+    SET_ERROR(err);
+
+  returnMenu(menu);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int free_menu(MENU *menu)  
+|   
+|   Description   :  Disconnects menu from its associated item pointer 
+|                    array and frees the storage allocated for the menu.
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK               - success
+|                    E_BAD_ARGUMENT     - Invalid menu pointer passed
+|                    E_POSTED           - Menu is already posted
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+free_menu(MENU * menu)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("free_menu(%p)"), menu));
+  if (!menu)
+    RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+
+  if (menu->status & _POSTED)
+    RETURN(E_POSTED);
+
+  if (menu->items)
+    _nc_Disconnect_Items(menu);
+
+  if ((menu->status & _MARK_ALLOCATED) && menu->mark)
+    free(menu->mark);
+
+  free(menu);
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/* m_new.c ends here */