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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
       <B>menu</B> - curses extension for programming menus


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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
       <B>#include</B> <B>&lt;menu.h&gt;</B>


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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
       The  <B>menu</B> library provides terminal-independent facilities
       for composing menu systems  on  character-cell  terminals.
       The library includes: item routines, which create and mod-
       ify menu items; and menu routines, which group items  into
       menus, display menus on the screen, and handle interaction
       with the user.

       The <B>menu</B> library uses the <B>curses</B> libraries, and  a  curses
       initialization  routine  such  as  <B>initscr</B>  must be called
       before using any of these  functions.   To  use  the  <B>menu</B>
       library, link with the options <B>-lmenu</B> <B>-lcurses</B>.


   <B>Current</B> <B>Default</B> <B>Values</B> <B>for</B> <B>Item</B> <B>Attributes</B>
       The  <B>menu</B>  library  maintains  a  default  value  for item
       attributes.  You can get or set this  default  by  calling
       the  appropriate  <B>get_</B>  or  <B>set_</B>  routine with a <B>NULL</B> item
       pointer.  Changing  this  default  with  a  <B>set_</B>  function
       affects  future  item  creations,  but does not change the
       rendering of items already created.


   <B>Routine</B> <B>Name</B> <B>Index</B>
       The following table lists each <B>menu</B> routine and  the  name
       of the manual page on which it is described.

       <B>curses</B> Routine Name    Manual Page Name
       --------------------------------------------
       current_item           <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
       free_item              <B><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></B>
       free_menu              <B><A HREF="menu_new.3x.html">menu_new(3x)</A></B>
       item_count             <B><A HREF="menu_items.3x.html">menu_items(3x)</A></B>
       item_description       <B><A HREF="mitem_name.3x.html">mitem_name(3x)</A></B>
       item_index             <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
       item_init              <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       item_name              <B><A HREF="mitem_name.3x.html">mitem_name(3x)</A></B>
       item_opts              <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
       item_opts_off          <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
       item_opts_on           <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
       item_term              <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       item_userptr           <B><A HREF="mitem_userptr.3x.html">mitem_userptr(3x)</A></B>
       item_value             <B><A HREF="mitem_value.3x.html">mitem_value(3x)</A></B>
       item_visible           <B><A HREF="mitem_visible.3x.html">mitem_visible(3x)</A></B>
       menu_back              <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
       menu_driver            <B><A HREF="menu_driver.3x.html">menu_driver(3x)</A></B>
       menu_fore              <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>

       menu_format            <B><A HREF="menu_format.3x.html">menu_format(3x)</A></B>
       menu_grey              <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
       menu_init              <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       menu_items             <B><A HREF="menu_items.3x.html">menu_items(3x)</A></B>
       menu_mark              <B><A HREF="menu_mark.3x.html">menu_mark(3x)</A></B>
       menu_opts              <B><A HREF="menu_opts.3x.html">menu_opts(3x)</A></B>
       menu_opts_off          <B><A HREF="menu_opts.3x.html">menu_opts(3x)</A></B>
       menu_opts_on           <B><A HREF="menu_opts.3x.html">menu_opts(3x)</A></B>
       menu_pad               <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
       menu_pattern           <B><A HREF="menu_pattern.3x.html">menu_pattern(3x)</A></B>
       menu_request_by_name   <B><A HREF="menu_requestname.3x.html">menu_requestname(3x)</A></B>
       menu_request_name      <B><A HREF="menu_requestname.3x.html">menu_requestname(3x)</A></B>
       menu_spacing           <B><A HREF="menu_spacing.3x.html">menu_spacing(3x)</A></B>
       menu_sub               <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
       menu_term              <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       menu_userptr           <B><A HREF="menu_userptr.3x.html">menu_userptr(3x)</A></B>
       menu_win               <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
       new_item               <B><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></B>
       new_menu               <B><A HREF="menu_new.3x.html">menu_new(3x)</A></B>
       pos_menu_cursor        <B><A HREF="menu_cursor.3x.html">menu_cursor(3x)</A></B>
       post_menu              <B><A HREF="menu_post.3x.html">menu_post(3x)</A></B>
       scale_menu             <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
       set_current_item       <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
       set_item_init          <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       set_item_opts          <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
       set_item_term          <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       set_item_userptr       <B><A HREF="mitem_userptr.3x.html">mitem_userptr(3x)</A></B>
       set_item_value         <B><A HREF="mitem_value.3x.html">mitem_value(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_back          <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_fore          <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_format        <B><A HREF="menu_format.3x.html">menu_format(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_grey          <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_init          <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_items         <B><A HREF="menu_items.3x.html">menu_items(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_mark          <B><A HREF="menu_mark.3x.html">menu_mark(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_opts          <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_pad           <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_pattern       <B><A HREF="menu_pattern.3x.html">menu_pattern(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_spacing       <B><A HREF="menu_spacing.3x.html">menu_spacing(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_sub           <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_term          <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_userptr       <B><A HREF="menu_userptr.3x.html">menu_userptr(3x)</A></B>
       set_menu_win           <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
       set_top_row            <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
       top_row                <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
       unpost_menu            <B><A HREF="menu_post.3x.html">menu_post(3x)</A></B>


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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
       Routines  that return pointers return <B>NULL</B> on error.  Rou-
       tines that return an integer return one of  the  following
       error codes:

       <B>E_OK</B> The routine succeeded.

       <B>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</B>
            System error occurred (see <B>errno</B>).

       <B>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</B>
            Routine  detected  an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
            ment.

       <B>E_POSTED</B>
            The menu is already posted.

       <B>E_BAD_STATE</B>
            Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
            tion function.

       <B>E_NO_ROOM</B>
            Menu is too large for its window.

       <B>E_NOT_POSTED</B>
            The menu has not been posted.

       <B>E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND</B>
            The menu driver code saw an unknown request code.

       <B>E_NO_MATCH</B>
            Character failed to match.

       <B>E_NOT_SELECTABLE</B>
            The designated item cannot be selected.

       <B>E_NOT_CONNECTED</B>
            No items are connected to the menu.

       <B>E_REQUEST_DENIED</B>
            The menu driver could not process the request.


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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
       <B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></B>  and  3x  pages  whose  names begin "menu_" for
       detailed descriptions of the entry points.


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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
       The header file <B>&lt;menu.h&gt;</B> automatically includes the header
       files <B>&lt;curses.h&gt;</B> and <B>&lt;eti.h&gt;</B>.

       In  your  library  list,  libmenu.a should be before libn-
       curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lmenu -lncurses', not
       the  other  way  around (which would give you a link error
       using GNU <B><A HREF="ld.1.html">ld(1)</A></B> and many other linkers).


</PRE>
<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
       These routines emulate the System V  menu  library.   They
       were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.


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<H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
       Juergen  Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses
       by Eric S. Raymond.





















































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