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Manpages menuSection: Miscellaneous Library Functions (3X)Updated: Index Return to Main Contents NAMEmenu - curses extension for programming menusSYNOPSIS#include <menu.h>DESCRIPTIONThe 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 interaction 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. Current Default Values for Item AttributesThe 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. Routine Name IndexThe following table lists each menu routine and the name of the manual page on which it is described.
RETURN VALUERoutines that return pointers return NULL on error. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error codes:
SEE ALSOcurses(3X) and 3X pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points.NOTESThe header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header files <curses.h> and <eti.h>.In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.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). PORTABILITYThese routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.AUTHORSJuergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond.
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