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);

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.

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.

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-Level	Unsafe

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