NAME

       new_item, free_item - create and destroy menu items

SYNOPSIS

       #include <menu.h>

       ITEM *new_item(const char *name, const char *description);
       int free_item(ITEM *item);

DESCRIPTION

       The  function  new_item  allocates  a  new  item  and  initializes  it  from  the name and
       description pointers.  Please notice that the item stores only the pointers  to  the  name
       and  description.   Those  pointers must be valid during the lifetime of the item.  So you
       should be very careful with names or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
       The function free_item de-allocates an item.  Please notice that it is the  responsibility
       of the application to release the memory for the name or the description of the item.

RETURN VALUE

       The  function  new_item  returns NULL on error.  It sets errno according to the function's
       failure:

       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

       E_SYSTEM_ERROR
            System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.

       The function free_item returns one of the following:

       E_OK The routine succeeded.

       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

       E_CONNECTED
            Item is connected to a menu.

       E_SYSTEM_ERROR
            System error occurred (see errno(3)).

SEE ALSO

       ncurses(3NCURSES), menu(3MENU).

NOTES

       The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.

PORTABILITY

       These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on Version 7 or
       BSD versions.

AUTHORS

       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

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