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32.Dd September, 1999
33.Dt MENU_ITEMS 3
34.Os BSD 4
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm item_count ,
37.Nm menu_items ,
38.Nm set_menu_items
39.Nd menu library
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libmenu
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <menu.h>
44.Ft int
45.Fn item_count "MENU *menu"
46.Ft ITEMS **
47.Fn menu_items "MENU *menu"
48.Ft int
49.Fn set_menu_items "MENU *menu" "ITEM **items"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn item_count
53.Fa menu
54function returns the number of items currently attached to the menu
55passed.
56The
57.Fn menu_items
58function returns a pointer to an array of item pointers that represent
59the menu items currently attached to the given menu.  Apart from using
60.Xr new_menu
61menu items may be attached to a menu by calling
62.Fn set_menu_items
63any items currently attached to the menu will be detached and the NULL
64terminated array of new items will be attached to the menu.
65.Sh RETURN VALUES
66Any function returning a string pointer will return NULL if an error
67occurs.  Functions returning an integer will return one of the
68following:
69.Pp
70.ta 20
71.nf
72E_OK			The function was successful
73E_POSTED		The menu is already posted.
74E_CONNECTED		An item was already connected to a menu.
75.fi
76.ft 1
77.br
78.ne 8
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr curses 3 ,
81.Xr menus 3
82.Sh NOTES
83The header
84.Xr <menus.h>
85automatically includes both
86.Xr <curses.h>
87and
88.Xr <eti.h>
89
90