MENU_NEW(3)

NAME
free_menu, new_menu - create or delete a menu

LIBRARY
libmenu

SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h>
int
free_menu(MENU *menu);
MENU *
new_menu(ITEM **items);

DESCRIPTION
The free_menu() menu function destroys the given menu and frees all allocated storage associated with the menu. All items associated with the menu are detached from the menu before it is destroyed. The new_menu() function allocates storage for a new menu and initializes all the values to the defined defaults. If the items pointer passed is not a NULL then the given NULL terminated array of items is attached to the new menu.

RETURN VALUES
The new_menu() function returns NULL on error, while the free_menu() function 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.
E_POSTED
    The menu is already posted.

SEE ALSO
curses(3), menus(3)

NOTES
The header menu.h automatically includes both curses.h and eti.h.