new_item(3curses) [sunos man page]

menu_item_new(3CURSES)					     Curses Library Functions					    menu_item_new(3CURSES)

NAME

       menu_item_new, new_item, free_item - create and destroy menus items

SYNOPSIS

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

       ITEM *new_item(char *name, char *desc);

       int free_item(ITEM *item);

DESCRIPTION

       new_item() creates a new item from name and description, and returns a pointer to the new item.

       free_item() frees the storage allocated for item. Once an item is freed, the user can no longer connect it to a menu.

RETURN VALUES

       new_item() returns NULL on error.

       free_item() 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_CONNECTED	       One or more items are already connected to another menu.

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_item_new(3CURSES)