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32*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Dd September 10, 1999
33*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Dt MENU_NEW 3
34*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Os
35*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Sh NAME
36*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Nm free_menu ,
37*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Nm new_menu
38*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Nd create or delete a menu
39*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Sh LIBRARY
40*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Lb libmenu
41*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Sh SYNOPSIS
42*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.In menu.h
43*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Ft int
44*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Fn free_menu "MENU *menu"
45*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Ft MENU *
46*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Fn new_menu "ITEM **items"
47*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Sh DESCRIPTION
48*b618a1eeSThomas CortThe
49*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Fn free_menu
50*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Fa menu
51*b618a1eeSThomas Cortfunction destroys the given menu and frees all allocated storage
52*b618a1eeSThomas Cortassociated with the menu.
53*b618a1eeSThomas CortAll items associated with the menu are
54*b618a1eeSThomas Cortdetached from the menu before it is destroyed.
55*b618a1eeSThomas CortThe
56*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Fn new_menu
57*b618a1eeSThomas Cortfunction allocates storage for a new menu and initializes all the
58*b618a1eeSThomas Cortvalues to the defined defaults.
59*b618a1eeSThomas CortIf the items pointer passed is not a NULL then the given NULL terminated
60*b618a1eeSThomas Cortarray of items is attached to the new menu.
61*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Sh RETURN VALUES
62*b618a1eeSThomas CortThe
63*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Fn new_menu
64*b618a1eeSThomas Cortfunction returns NULL on error, while the
65*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Fn free_menu
66*b618a1eeSThomas Cortfunction returns one of the following error values:
67*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Pp
68*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Bl -tag -width E_BAD_ARGUMENT -compact
69*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.It Er E_OK
70*b618a1eeSThomas CortThe function was successful.
71*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
72*b618a1eeSThomas CortOne or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
73*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.It Er E_POSTED
74*b618a1eeSThomas CortThe menu is already posted.
75*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.El
76*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Sh SEE ALSO
77*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Xr curses 3 ,
78*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Xr menus 3
79*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Sh NOTES
80*b618a1eeSThomas CortThe header
81*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
82*b618a1eeSThomas Cortautomatically includes both
83*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
84*b618a1eeSThomas Cortand
85*b618a1eeSThomas Cort.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
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