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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010050<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053051 <STRONG>mitem_new</STRONG> - create and destroy menu items
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010055<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053056 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>
57 ITEM *new_item(const char *name, const char *description);
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010062<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053063 The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> allocates a new item and initializes
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010064 it from the <STRONG>name</STRONG> and <STRONG>description</STRONG> pointers. Please notice
65 that the item stores only the pointers to the name and
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053066 description. Those pointers must be valid during the life-
67 time of the item. So you should be very careful with names
68 or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
69 The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> de-allocates an item. Please notice
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010070 that it is the responsibility of the application to
71 release the memory for the name or the description of the
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053072 item.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010076<H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
77 The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. It sets
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053078 errno according to the function's failure:
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010081 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053082 ment.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010092 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053093 ment.
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96 Item is connected to a menu.
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99 System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100103<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530104 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100108<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530109 The header file <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
110 file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100114<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
115 These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530116 were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100120<H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
121 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530122 curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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