-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
- The <B>menu</B> 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 <B>menu</B> library uses the <B>curses</B> libraries, and a curses
- initialization routine such as <B>initscr</B> must be called
- before using any of these functions. To use the <B>menu</B>
- library, link with the options <B>-lmenu</B> <B>-lcurses</B>.
-
-
- <B>Current</B> <B>Default</B> <B>Values</B> <B>for</B> <B>Item</B> <B>Attributes</B>
- The <B>menu</B> library maintains a default value for item
- attributes. You can get or set this default by calling
- the appropriate <B>get_</B> or <B>set_</B> routine with a <B>NULL</B> item
- pointer. Changing this default with a <B>set_</B> function
- affects future item creations, but does not change the
- rendering of items already created.
-
-
- <B>Routine</B> <B>Name</B> <B>Index</B>
- The following table lists each <B>menu</B> routine and the name
- of the manual page on which it is described.
-
- <B>curses</B> Routine Name Manual Page Name
- --------------------------------------------
- current_item <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
- free_item <B><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></B>
- free_menu <B><A HREF="menu_new.3x.html">menu_new(3x)</A></B>
- item_count <B><A HREF="menu_items.3x.html">menu_items(3x)</A></B>
- item_description <B><A HREF="mitem_name.3x.html">mitem_name(3x)</A></B>
- item_index <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
- item_init <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- item_name <B><A HREF="mitem_name.3x.html">mitem_name(3x)</A></B>
- item_opts <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
- item_opts_off <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
- item_opts_on <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
- item_term <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- item_userptr <B><A HREF="mitem_userptr.3x.html">mitem_userptr(3x)</A></B>
- item_value <B><A HREF="mitem_value.3x.html">mitem_value(3x)</A></B>
- item_visible <B><A HREF="mitem_visible.3x.html">mitem_visible(3x)</A></B>
- menu_back <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
- menu_driver <B><A HREF="menu_driver.3x.html">menu_driver(3x)</A></B>
- menu_fore <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
-
- menu_format <B><A HREF="menu_format.3x.html">menu_format(3x)</A></B>
- menu_grey <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
- menu_init <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- menu_items <B><A HREF="menu_items.3x.html">menu_items(3x)</A></B>
- menu_mark <B><A HREF="menu_mark.3x.html">menu_mark(3x)</A></B>
- menu_opts <B><A HREF="menu_opts.3x.html">menu_opts(3x)</A></B>
- menu_opts_off <B><A HREF="menu_opts.3x.html">menu_opts(3x)</A></B>
- menu_opts_on <B><A HREF="menu_opts.3x.html">menu_opts(3x)</A></B>
- menu_pad <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
- menu_pattern <B><A HREF="menu_pattern.3x.html">menu_pattern(3x)</A></B>
- menu_request_by_name <B><A HREF="menu_requestname.3x.html">menu_requestname(3x)</A></B>
- menu_request_name <B><A HREF="menu_requestname.3x.html">menu_requestname(3x)</A></B>
- menu_spacing <B><A HREF="menu_spacing.3x.html">menu_spacing(3x)</A></B>
- menu_sub <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
- menu_term <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- menu_userptr <B><A HREF="menu_userptr.3x.html">menu_userptr(3x)</A></B>
- menu_win <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
- new_item <B><A HREF="mitem_new.3x.html">mitem_new(3x)</A></B>
- new_menu <B><A HREF="menu_new.3x.html">menu_new(3x)</A></B>
- pos_menu_cursor <B><A HREF="menu_cursor.3x.html">menu_cursor(3x)</A></B>
- post_menu <B><A HREF="menu_post.3x.html">menu_post(3x)</A></B>
- scale_menu <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
- set_current_item <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
- set_item_init <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- set_item_opts <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
- set_item_term <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- set_item_userptr <B><A HREF="mitem_userptr.3x.html">mitem_userptr(3x)</A></B>
- set_item_value <B><A HREF="mitem_value.3x.html">mitem_value(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_back <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_fore <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_format <B><A HREF="menu_format.3x.html">menu_format(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_grey <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_init <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_items <B><A HREF="menu_items.3x.html">menu_items(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_mark <B><A HREF="menu_mark.3x.html">menu_mark(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_opts <B><A HREF="mitem_opts.3x.html">mitem_opts(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_pad <B><A HREF="menu_attributes.3x.html">menu_attributes(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_pattern <B><A HREF="menu_pattern.3x.html">menu_pattern(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_spacing <B><A HREF="menu_spacing.3x.html">menu_spacing(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_sub <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_term <B><A HREF="menu_hook.3x.html">menu_hook(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_userptr <B><A HREF="menu_userptr.3x.html">menu_userptr(3x)</A></B>
- set_menu_win <B><A HREF="menu_win.3x.html">menu_win(3x)</A></B>
- set_top_row <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
- top_row <B><A HREF="mitem_current.3x.html">mitem_current(3x)</A></B>
- unpost_menu <B><A HREF="menu_post.3x.html">menu_post(3x)</A></B>