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 storage 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 ALSO

curses(3), menus(3)

NOTES

The header <menu.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.