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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+* Module m_spacing                                                         *
+* Routines to handle spacing between entries                               *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "menu.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: m_spacing.c,v 1.17 2004/12/11 23:29:34 tom Exp $")
+
+#define MAX_SPC_DESC ((TABSIZE) ? (TABSIZE) : 8)
+#define MAX_SPC_COLS ((TABSIZE) ? (TABSIZE) : 8)
+#define MAX_SPC_ROWS (3)
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu
+|   Function      :  int set_menu_spacing(MENU *menu,int desc, int r, int c);
+|
+|   Description   :  Set the spacing between entries
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK                 - on success
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+set_menu_spacing(MENU * menu, int s_desc, int s_row, int s_col)
+{
+  MENU *m;			/* split for ATAC workaround */
+
+  T((T_CALLED("set_menu_spacing(%p,%d,%d,%d)"), menu, s_desc, s_row, s_col));
+
+  m = Normalize_Menu(menu);
+
+  assert(m);
+  if (m->status & _POSTED)
+    RETURN(E_POSTED);
+
+  if (((s_desc < 0) || (s_desc > MAX_SPC_DESC)) ||
+      ((s_row < 0) || (s_row > MAX_SPC_ROWS)) ||
+      ((s_col < 0) || (s_col > MAX_SPC_COLS)))
+    RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+
+  m->spc_desc = s_desc ? s_desc : 1;
+  m->spc_rows = s_row ? s_row : 1;
+  m->spc_cols = s_col ? s_col : 1;
+  _nc_Calculate_Item_Length_and_Width(m);
+
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu
+|   Function      :  int menu_spacing (const MENU *,int *,int *,int *);
+|
+|   Description   :  Retrieve info about spacing between the entries
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK             - on success
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+menu_spacing(const MENU * menu, int *s_desc, int *s_row, int *s_col)
+{
+  const MENU *m;		/* split for ATAC workaround */
+
+  T((T_CALLED("menu_spacing(%p,%p,%p,%p)"), menu, s_desc, s_row, s_col));
+
+  m = Normalize_Menu(menu);
+
+  assert(m);
+  if (s_desc)
+    *s_desc = m->spc_desc;
+  if (s_row)
+    *s_row = m->spc_rows;
+  if (s_col)
+    *s_col = m->spc_cols;
+
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/* m_spacing.c ends here */