'\" t.\"***************************************************************************.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *.\"                                                                          *.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *.\"                                                                          *.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *.\"                                                                          *.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *.\"                                                                          *.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *.\" authorization.                                                           *.\"***************************************************************************.\".\" $Id: menu_new.3x,v 1.7 1998/11/29 01:10:13 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $.TH menu_new 3X "".SH NAME\fBmenu_new\fR - create and destroy menus.SH SYNOPSIS\fB#include <menu.h>\fR.brMENU *new_menu(ITEM **items);.brint free_menu(MENU *menu);.br.SH DESCRIPTIONThe function \fBnew_menu\fR creates a new menu connected to a specified itempointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).The function \fBfree_menu\fR disconnects \fImenu\fR from its item arrayand frees the storage allocated for the menu..SH RETURN VALUEThe function \fBnew_menu\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.The function \fBfree_menu\fR returns one of the following:.TP 5\fBE_OK\fRThe routine succeeded..TP 5\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fRSystem error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR)..TP 5\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fRRoutine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument..TP 5\fBE_POSTED\fRThe menu has already been posted..SH SEE ALSO\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X)..SH NOTESThe header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file\fB<curses.h>\fR..SH PORTABILITYThese routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported onVersion 7 or BSD versions..SH AUTHORSJuergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by EricS. Raymond..\"#.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS.\"# Local Variables:.\"# mode:nroff.\"# fill-column:79.\"# End: