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- <STRONG>mitem_new</STRONG> - create and destroy menu items
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+<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+ <B>mitem_new</B> - create and destroy menu items
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><menu.h></STRONG>
+ <B>#include</B> <B><menu.h></B>
ITEM *new_item(const char *name, const char *description);
int free_item(ITEM *item);
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> allocates a new item and initializes
- it from the <STRONG>name</STRONG> and <STRONG>description</STRONG> pointers. Please notice
+ The function <B>new_item</B> allocates a new item and initializes
+ it from the <B>name</B> and <B>description</B> pointers. Please notice
that the item stores only the pointers to the name and
description. Those pointers must be valid during the life-
time of the item. So you should be very carefull with
names or descriptions allocated on the stack of some rou-
tines.
- The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> de-allocates an item. Please notice
+ The function <B>free_item</B> de-allocates an item. Please notice
that it is the responsibility of the application to
release the memory for the name or the description of the
item.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
+ The function <B>new_item</B> returns <B>NULL</B> on error.
- The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> returns one of the following:
+ The function <B>free_item</B> returns one of the following:
- <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
+ <B>E_OK</B> The routine succeeded.
- <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
- System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
+ <B>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</B>
+ System error occurred (see <B>errno</B>).
- <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
+ <B>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</B>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
- <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
+ <B>E_CONNECTED</B>
Item is connected to a menu.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3X)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3X)</A></STRONG>.
+ <B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></B>.
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
- The header file <STRONG><menu.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header
- file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
+ The header file <B><menu.h></B> automatically includes the header
+ file <B><curses.h></B>.
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Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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