MENU_USERPTR(3) BSD Library Functions Manual MENU_USERPTR(3)NAME
menu_userptr, set_menu_userptr -- get or set user pointer for a menu
LIBRARY
Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)
SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h>
char *
menu_userptr(MENU *menu);
int
set_menu_userptr(MENU *menu, char *ptr);
DESCRIPTION
The menu_userptr() function returns the pointer to the user defined pointer for the given menu. This pointer is set by the
set_menu_userptr() function.
RETURN VALUES
The functions return one of the following error values:
E_OK The function was successful.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR There was a system error during the call.
SEE ALSO curses(3), menus(3)NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.
BSD September 10, 1999 BSD
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menu_userptr(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions menu_userptr(3CURSES)NAME
menu_userptr, set_menu_userptr - associate application data with menus
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>
char *menu_userptr(MENU *menu);
int set_menu_userptr(MENU *menu, char *userptr);
DESCRIPTION
Every menu has an associated user pointer that can be used to store relevant information. set_menu_userptr() sets the user pointer of menu.
menu_userptr() returns the user pointer of menu.
RETURN VALUES
menu_userptr() returns NULL on error.
set_menu_userptr() returns one of the following:
E_OK The routine returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.
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_userptr(3CURSES)
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