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)).

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.

SEE ALSO

       ncurses(3NCURSES), menu(3MENU)