items(3menu)

items3menu

Make and break connections between items and menus

Usage

#include <menu.h>

int set_menu_items(MENU *menu, ITEM **items); ITEM **menu_items(const MENU *menu); int item_count(const MENU *menu);

Overview

The function set_menu_items changes the item pointer array of the given menu. The array must be terminated by a NULL.

The function menu_items returns the item array of the given menu.

The function item_count returns the count of items in menu.

Return value

The function menu_items returns a pointer (which may be NULL). It does not set errno.

The function item_count returns ERR (the general curses error return value) if its menu parameter is NULL .

The function set_menu_items returns one of the following codes on error:

E_OK

The routine succeeded.

E_BAD_ARGUMENT

Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

E_NOT_CONNECTED

No items are connected to the menu.

E_POSTED

The menu is already posted.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error occurred (see errno(3)).

Portability

These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

The SVr4 menu library documentation specifies the item_count error value as -1 (which is the value of ERR).

Releases

18 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 14 times.

  1. 1.1–1.3
  2. 2.0
  3. 2.1
  4. 2.2
  5. 3.0
  6. 3.1
  7. 4.0
  8. 5.0–6.0
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
  15. 13

Authors

Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

From ncurses-doc 6.5+20250216-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.