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set_menu_opts

menu_opts(3CURSES)					     Curses Library Functions						menu_opts(3CURSES)

NAME

       menu_opts, set_menu_opts, menu_opts_on, menu_opts_off - menus option routines

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu -lcurses [ library... ]
       #include <menu.h>

       OPTIONS menu_opts(MENU *menu);

       int set_menu_opts(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

       int menu_opts_on(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

       int menu_opts_off(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

DESCRIPTION

   Menu Options
       set_menu_opts() turns on the named options for menu and turns off all other options. Options are boolean values that can be OR-ed together.

       menu_opts_on() turns on the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

       menu_opts_off() turns off the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

       menu_opts() returns the current options of menu.

       The following values can be OR'd together to create  opts.

       O_ONEVALUE	       Only one item can be selected from the menu.

       O_SHOWDESC	       Display the description of the items.

       O_ROWMAJOR	       Display the menu in row major order.

       O_IGNORECASE	       Ignore the case when pattern matching.

       O_SHOWMATCH	       Place the cursor within the item name when pattern matching.

       O_NONCYCLIC	       Make certain menu driver requests non-cyclic.

RETURN VALUES

       Except for menu_opts(), these routines return one of the following:

       E_OK			The routine returned successfully.

       E_SYSTEM_ERROR	       System error.

       E_POSTED 	       The menu is already posted.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers  <eti.h> and <curses.h>.

SunOS 5.10							    31 Dec 1996 						menu_opts(3CURSES)