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--menu(3x) menu(3x) +menu(3x) Library calls menu(3x) @@ -58,24 +59,25 @@ 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 inter- - action with the user. + 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 func- - tions. To use the menu library, link with the options -lmenu -lcurses. + 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 render- - ing of items already created. + 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 + 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 @@ -110,8 +112,8 @@ menu_pattern menu_pattern(3x) menu_request_by_name menu_requestname(3x) menu_request_name menu_requestname(3x) - menu_spacing menu_spacing(3x) + menu_spacing menu_spacing(3x) menu_sub menu_win(3x) menu_term menu_hook(3x) menu_userptr menu_userptr(3x) @@ -148,7 +150,7 @@
- Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Routines that + 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. @@ -181,31 +183,26 @@ 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>. - - 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). + The header file menu.h itself includes the header file curses.h.
- These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not sup- - ported 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). + A menu facility was documented in SVr4.2's Character User Interface + Programming document. It is not part of X/Open Curses. - Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: + Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: o systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris. @@ -213,7 +210,7 @@
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. + Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond. @@ -221,11 +218,9 @@ curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. - This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20180127). - - menu(3x) +ncurses 6.5 2024-03-16 menu(3x)