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43 <H1 class="no-header">mitem_new 3x</H1>
44 <PRE>
45 <STRONG><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></STRONG>                                                    <STRONG><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
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50 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
51        <STRONG>new_item</STRONG>, <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> - create and destroy menu items
52
53
54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
55        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>
56
57        <STRONG>ITEM</STRONG> <STRONG>*new_item(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>name</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>description</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
58        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>free_item(ITEM</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>item</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
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60
61 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
62        The  function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> allocates a new item and initializes it from the
63        <STRONG>name</STRONG> and <STRONG>description</STRONG> pointers.  Please notice that the item stores only
64        the pointers to the name and description.  Those pointers must be valid
65        during the lifetime of the item.  So you should be  very  careful  with
66        names or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
67        The  function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> de-allocates an item.  Please notice that it is
68        the responsibility of the application to release  the  memory  for  the
69        name or the description of the item.
70
71
72 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
73        The  function  <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.  It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG> according
74        to the function's failure:
75
76        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
77             Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
78
79        <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
80             System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
81
82        The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> returns one of the following:
83
84        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
85
86        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
87             Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
88
89        <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
90             Item is connected to a menu.
91
92        <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
93             System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>).
94
95
96 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
97        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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99
100 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
101        The  header  file  <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>  automatically  includes  the  header  file
102        <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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104
105 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
106        These  routines  emulate  the  System  V  menu  library.  They were not
107        supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
108
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110 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
111        Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
112        Raymond.
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116                                                                  <STRONG><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
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