+
The menu library provides terminal-independent facilities
for composing menu systems on character-cell terminals.
The library includes: item routines, which create and mod-
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
library, link with the options -lmenu -lcurses.
- Current Default Values for Item Attributes
+
+
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
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@
rendering of items already created.
- Routine Name Index
+
+
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
--------------------------------------------
current_item mitem_current(3x)
@@ -112,10 +113,10 @@
menu_mark menu_mark(3x)
menu_opts menu_opts(3x)
menu_opts_off menu_opts(3x)
-
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)
@@ -155,85 +156,99 @@
-RETURN VALUE
+
Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Rou-
tines that return an integer return one of the following
error codes:
E_OK The routine succeeded.
- E_SYSTEM_ERROR
- System error occurred (see errno).
-
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
- E_POSTED
- The menu is already posted.
-
E_BAD_STATE
Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
tion function.
+ E_NO_MATCH
+ Character failed to match.
+
E_NO_ROOM
Menu is too large for its window.
+ E_NOT_CONNECTED
+ No items are connected to the menu.
+
E_NOT_POSTED
The menu has not been posted.
- E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
- The menu driver code saw an unknown request code.
-
- E_NO_MATCH
- Character failed to match.
-
E_NOT_SELECTABLE
The designated item cannot be selected.
- E_NOT_CONNECTED
- No items are connected to the menu.
+ E_POSTED
+ The menu is already posted.
E_REQUEST_DENIED
The menu driver could not process the request.
+ E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+ System error occurred (see errno).
-
-SEE ALSO
- curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for
- detailed descriptions of the entry points.
+ E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
+ The menu driver code saw an unknown request code.
-NOTES
+
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-
+ In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libn-
curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lmenu -lncurses', not
- the other way around (which would give you a link error
- using GNU ld(1) and many other linkers).
+ the other way around (which would usually give a link-
+ error).
-PORTABILITY
- These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
+
+ These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
-AUTHORS
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses
+
+ 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.
+
+ This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20150523).
+
+
menu(3x)
-
-
-Man(1) output converted with
-man2html
-
+