X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fmenu.3x.html;h=7bc3f8fb15498eb8704c4fc6ce4e0c8974aea3cd;hb=51a395aaa20e4aa687310bb8cb1616ccf8e8fd0d;hp=584361d686c878717c7ce1e4bc6d5f19aaa2ad6e;hpb=5eb177874dea59107a1a2ea44f5d8f5bb99550b2;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html index 584361d6..7bc3f8fb 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
- +-menu(3x) menu(3x) +menu(3x) menu(3x) @@ -55,31 +55,28 @@
- 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 inter- + action 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 func- + tions. 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 - rendering 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 render- + ing 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 -------------------------------------------- @@ -111,10 +108,10 @@ 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) menu_userptr menu_userptr(3x) @@ -151,19 +148,16 @@
- 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. @@ -187,41 +181,51 @@ 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 should say "-lmenu -lncurses", not - the other way around (which would give a link-error when - using static libraries). + 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 sup- + ported on Version 7 or BSD versions. + + The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in Character User Interface + Programming (UNIX SVR4.2). + + It is not part of X/Open Curses. + + Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: + + 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. + 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. + curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed + descriptions of the entry points. - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170318). + This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20190615). - menu(3x) + menu(3x)