menu - curses extension for programming menus
#include <menu.h>
The 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 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 pointer. Changing this default with a set_ function affects future item creations, but does not change the 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.
l l . curses Routine Name Manual Page Name = current_item mitem_current(3X) free_item mitem_new(3X) free_menu menu_new(3X)
menu_request_name menu_requestname(3X)
menu_spacing menu_spacing(3X)
menu_sub
menu_win(3X)
menu_term menu_hook(3X)
menu_userptr menu_userptr(3X)
menu_win
menu_win(3X)
new_item mitem_new(3X)
new_menu
menu_new(3X)
pos_menu_cursor menu_cursor(3X)
post_menu menu_post(3X)
scale_menu menu_win(3X)
Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error codes:
E_OK The routine succeeded.
curses(3X) and 3X pages whose names begin «menu_» for detailed descriptions of the entry points.
The 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).
These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond.