'\" t.\"***************************************************************************.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2003 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: mitem_new.3x,v 1.8 2003/10/25 20:08:57 Jared.Yanovich Exp $.TH mitem_new 3X "".SH NAME\fBmitem_new\fR - create and destroy menu items.SH SYNOPSIS\fB#include <menu.h>\fR.brITEM *new_item(const char *name, const char *description);.brint free_item(ITEM *item);.br.SH DESCRIPTIONThe function \fBnew_item\fR allocates a new item and initializes it from the\fBname\fR and \fBdescription\fR pointers. Please notice that the item storesonly the pointers to the name and description. Those pointers must be validduring the lifetime of the item. So you should be very careful with namesor descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines..brThe function \fBfree_item\fR de-allocates an item. Please notice that itis the responsibility of the application to release the memory for thename or the description of the item..SH RETURN VALUEThe function \fBnew_item\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.The function \fBfree_item\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_CONNECTED\fRItem is connected to a menu..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: