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<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>menu_mark</STRONG> - get and set the menu mark string
+ <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG>, <STRONG>menu_mark</STRONG> - get and set the menu mark
+ string
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<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- In order to make menu selections visible on older termi-
- nals without highlighting or color capability, the menu
- library marks selected items in a menu with a prefix
+ In order to make menu selections visible on older termi-
+ nals without highlighting or color capability, the menu
+ library marks selected items in a menu with a prefix
string.
- The function <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG> sets the mark string for the
- given menu. Calling <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG> with a null menu item
- will abolish the mark string. Note that changing the
- length of the mark string for a menu while the menu is
+ The function <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG> sets the mark string for the
+ given menu. Calling <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG> with a null menu item
+ will abolish the mark string. Note that changing the
+ length of the mark string for a menu while the menu is
posted is likely to produce unhelpful behavior.
- The default string is "-" (a dash). Calling <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG>
+ The default string is "-" (a dash). Calling <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG>
with a non-<STRONG>NULL</STRONG> menu argument will change this default.
- The function <STRONG>menu_mark</STRONG> returns the menu's mark string (or
+ The function <STRONG>menu_mark</STRONG> returns the menu's mark string (or
<STRONG>NULL</STRONG> if there is none).
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<H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>menu_mark</STRONG> returns a pointer (which may be
+ The function <STRONG>menu_mark</STRONG> returns a pointer (which may be
<STRONG>NULL</STRONG>). It does not set errno.
- The function <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG> may return the following error
+ The function <STRONG>set_menu_mark</STRONG> may return the following error
codes:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
- Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
+ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
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<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
+ These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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<H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
curses by Eric S. Raymond.