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menu_opts

Section: Curses Library Functions (3CURSES)
Updated: 31 Dec 1996
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NAME

menu_opts, set_menu_opts, menu_opts_on, menu_opts_off - menus option routines  

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>

OPTIONS menu_opts(MENU *menu);

int set_menu_opts(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

int menu_opts_on(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);

int menu_opts_off(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts);  

DESCRIPTION

 

Menu Options

set_menu_opts() turns on the named options for menu and turns off all other options. Options are boolean values that can be OR-ed together.

menu_opts_on() turns on the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

menu_opts_off() turns off the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

menu_opts() returns the current options of menu.

The following values can be OR'd together to create opts.

O_ONEVALUE Only one item can be selected from the menu.

O_SHOWDESC Display the description of the items.

O_ROWMAJOR Display the menu in row major order.

O_IGNORECASE Ignore the case when pattern matching.

O_SHOWMATCH Place the cursor within the item name when pattern matching.

O_NONCYCLIC Make certain menu driver requests non-cyclic.

 

RETURN VALUES

Except for menu_opts(), these routines return one of the following:

E_OK
 The routine returned successfully.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.

E_POSTED The menu is already posted.


   

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelUnsafe

 

SEE ALSO

curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)  

NOTES

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


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Menu Options
RETURN VALUES
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO
NOTES

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