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menu_new(3CURSES)					     Curses Library Functions						 menu_new(3CURSES)

NAME
menu_new, new_menu, free_menu - create and destroy menus SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu -lcurses [ library... ] #include <menu.h> MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items); int free_menu(MENU *menu); DESCRIPTION
new_menu() creates a new menu connected to the item pointer array items and returns a pointer to the new menu. free_menu() disconnects menu from its associated item pointer array and frees the storage allocated for the menu. RETURN VALUES
new_menu() returns NULL on error. free_menu() returns one of the following: E_OK The routine returned successfully. E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error. E_BAD_ARGUMENT An incorrect argument was passed to the routine. 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 5.11 31 Dec 1996 menu_new(3CURSES)

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menu_new(3X)															      menu_new(3X)

NAME
menu_new - create and destroy menus SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h> MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items); int free_menu(MENU *menu); DESCRIPTION
The function new_menu creates a new menu connected to a specified item pointer array (which must be NULL-terminated). The function free_menu disconnects menu from its item array and frees the storage allocated for the menu. RETURN VALUE
The function new_menu returns NULL on error. The function free_menu returns one of the following: E_OK The routine succeeded. E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error occurred (see errno). E_BAD_ARGUMENT Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. E_POSTED The menu has already been posted. SEE ALSO
curses(3X), menu(3X). NOTES
The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>. PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. menu_new(3X)
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