X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fmenu.3x.html;h=64c40f50ed366eb9a6ccf3d207e9f2e410ff0237;hb=f9994a48d2f74b613a0adb19d3917f724d4d1312;hp=6cbad590b9395b8908ad4e9e27e956a163b244c1;hpb=32f9f5f12cd9159261f9db228461049e8c770404;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html index 6cbad590..64c40f50 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ -
- +-menu(3x) menu(3x) +menu(3x) menu(3x) --
+
menu - curses extension for programming menus --
+
#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 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 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 +
+ 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. --
- 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 -------------------------------------------- @@ -116,9 +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) @@ -155,21 +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. @@ -193,45 +183,51 @@ 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. --
- The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header - files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. +
+ The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header files + <curses.h> and <eti.h>. - 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). + In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is, + you should say "-lmenu -lncurses", not the other way around (which + would give a link-error when using static libraries). --
- These routines emulate the System V menu library. They - were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. +
+ These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not + supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. + The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface + Programming (UNIX SVR4.2). --
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses - by Eric S. Raymond. + It is not part of X/Open Curses. + Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: --
- curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for - detailed descriptions of the entry points. + o systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris. + + o NetBSD curses. + + +
+ 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. - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150718). + This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20211002). - menu(3x) + menu(3x)