MENU_ITEM_NEW(3) BSD Library Functions Manual MENU_ITEM_NEW(3)NAME
free_item, new_item — create or delete menu item
LIBRARY
Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)
SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h>
int
free_item(ITEM *item);
ITEM *
new_item(char *name, char *description);
DESCRIPTION
The free_item() function destroys the item and frees all allocated stor‐
age for that item. The new_item() allocates storage for a new item then
copies in the item name and description for the new item. A pointer to
the newly created item is returned to the caller.
RETURN VALUES
The new_item() function returns NULL on failure, the free_item() returns
one of the following error values:
E_OK The function was successful.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT One or more of the arguments passed to the function was
incorrect.
SEE ALSOcurses(3), menus(3)NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.
BSD September 10, 1999 BSD