NAME
menu_mark,
menu_unmark, set_menu_mark,
set_menu_unmark —
get or set strings that show mark
status for a menu
LIBRARY
library “libmenu”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<menu.h>
char *
menu_mark(MENU
*menu);
char *
menu_unmark(MENU
*menu);
int
set_menu_mark(MENU
*menu, char
*mark);
int
set_menu_unmark(MENU
*menu, char
*mark);
DESCRIPTION
Themenu_mark()
function returns a pointer to the character string that is used to mark
selected items in the menu. The mark string is set by the
set_menu_mark()
function. The
menu_unmark()
function returns a pointer to the character string that is used to indicate a
menu items is not selected, this string is set by the
set_menu_unmark()
function. The mark and unmark strings may be of differing lengths, the room
allocated to drawing the mark will be the maximum of the lengths of both the
mark and unmark strings. The shorter of the two strings will be left justified
and space padded.
RETURN VALUES
The functions return one of the following error values:
E_OK- The function was successful.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR- There was a system error during the call.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT- One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
E_POSTED- The menu is already posted.
E_CONNECTED- An item was already connected to a menu.
E_BAD_STATE- The function was called from within an initialization or termination routine.
E_NO_ROOM- The menu does not fit within the subwindow.
E_NOT_POSTED- The menu is not posted.
E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND- The menu driver does not recognize the request passed to it.
E_NO_MATCH- The character search failed to find a match.
E_NOT_SELECTABLE- The item could not be selected.
E_NOT_CONNECTED- The item is not connected to a menu.
E_REQUEST_DENIED- The menu driver could not process the request.
SEE ALSO
NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.