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micky3879b9f5e72025-07-08 18:04:53 -040044<STRONG><A HREF="menu_cursor.3x.html">menu_cursor(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="menu_cursor.3x.html">menu_cursor(3x)</A></STRONG>
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50 <STRONG>pos_menu_cursor</STRONG> - position a menu's cursor
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micky3879b9f5e72025-07-08 18:04:53 -040053</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053054 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>
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56 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>pos_menu_cursor(const</STRONG> <STRONG>MENU</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>menu</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
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60 The function <STRONG>pos_menu_cursor</STRONG> restores the cursor to the current
61 position associated with the menu's selected item. This is useful
62 after <STRONG>curses</STRONG> routines have been called to do screen-painting in
63 response to a menu select.
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micky3879b9f5e72025-07-08 18:04:53 -040072 System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>).
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78 The menu has not been posted.
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82 These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not
83 supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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87 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
88 Raymond.
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92 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG>
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