NAME

free_item, new_item - create or delete menu item

LIBRARY

Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)

SYNOPSIS



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>.