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31 .TH menu_cursor 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
33 \fBpos_menu_cursor\fP \-
34 position a menu's cursor
39 \fBint pos_menu_cursor(const MENU *\fImenu\fP);
42 The function \fBpos_menu_cursor\fP restores the cursor to the current position
43 associated with the menu's selected item.
44 This is useful after \fBcurses\fP
45 routines have been called to do screen-painting in response to a menu select.
47 This routine returns one of the following:
50 The routine succeeded.
53 System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fP(3)).
56 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
59 The menu has not been posted.
61 These routines emulate the System V menu library.
62 They were not supported on
63 Version 7 or BSD versions.
66 Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.