X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fmenu.3x.html;h=341407494414c9d453be2abddf665ad104e95e8e;hb=HEAD;hp=1e6d95a2f037d116ff8a14eaa5b72f46ff1a3942;hpb=f86cbeb5f9bd96ab041d34039c35749a14965039;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html index 1e6d95a2..a5d29e43 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - - +
-- -menu(3x) menu(3x) +menu(3x) Library calls menu(3x) --
- menu - curses extension for programming menus +
+ menu - present menus in curses windows --
+
#include <menu.h> --
- The menu 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 menu library uses the curses libraries, and a curses - initialization routine such as initscr must be called - before using any of these functions. To use the menu - library, link with the options -lmenu -lcurses. - - Current Default Values for Item Attributes - The menu library maintains a default value for item - attributes. You can get or set this default by calling - the appropriate get_ or set_ routine with a NULL item - pointer. Changing this default with a set_ function - affects future item creations, but does not change the +
+ The menu library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing + menu systems on character-cell terminals. The library includes: item + routines, which create and modify menu items; and menu routines, which + group items into menus, display menus on the screen, and handle + interaction with the user. + + The menu library uses the curses libraries, and a curses initialization + routine such as initscr must be called before using any of these + functions. To use the menu library, link with the options -lmenu + -lcurses. + + +
+ The menu library maintains a default value for item attributes. You + can get or set this default by calling the appropriate get_ or set_ + routine with a NULL item pointer. Changing this default with a set_ + function affects future item creations, but does not change the rendering of items already created. - Routine Name Index - The following table lists each menu routine and the name - of the manual page on which it is described. + +
+ The following table lists each menu routine and the name of the manual + page on which it is described. curses Routine Name Manual Page Name -------------------------------------------- @@ -112,9 +110,9 @@ menu_opts_on menu_opts(3x) menu_pad menu_attributes(3x) menu_pattern menu_pattern(3x) - menu_request_by_name menu_requestname(3x) menu_request_name menu_requestname(3x) + menu_spacing menu_spacing(3x) menu_sub menu_win(3x) menu_term menu_hook(3x) @@ -151,21 +149,17 @@ unpost_menu menu_post(3x) --
- Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Rou- - tines that return an integer return one of the following - error codes: +
+ Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Routines that + return an integer return one of the following error codes: E_OK The routine succeeded. E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- - ment. + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. E_BAD_STATE - Routine was called from an initialization or termina- - tion function. + Routine was called from an initialization or termination function. E_NO_MATCH Character failed to match. @@ -189,53 +183,61 @@ The menu driver could not process the request. E_SYSTEM_ERROR - System error occurred (see errno). + System error occurred (see errno(3)). E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND The menu driver code saw an unknown request code. --
- curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for - detailed descriptions of the entry points. +
+ The header file menu.h itself includes the header file curses.h. --
- The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header - files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. +
+ These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not + supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. - 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 usually give a link- - error). + A menu facility was documented in SVr4.2's Character User Interface + Programming document. + It is not part of X/Open Curses. --
- These routines emulate the System V menu library. They - were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. + Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: + o systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris. --
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses - by Eric S. Raymond. + o NetBSD curses. --
- This describes ncurses version 5.8 (patch 20110226). +
+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. + Raymond. + + +
+ curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed + descriptions of the entry points. - menu(3x) +ncurses 6.5 2024-05-25 menu(3x)-