item_description(3)

item_description3

Get menu item name and description fields

Usage

#include <menu.h>

const char *item_name(const ITEM *item); const char *item_description(const ITEM *item);

Overview

The function item_name returns the name part of the given item.
The function item_description returns the description part of the given item.

Return value

These routines return a pointer (which may be NULL). They do not set errno.

Portability

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

Releases

66 releases since FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE; the text changed 8 times.

  1. 4.3–6.2
  2. 6.3–10.4
  3. 11.0–12.4
  4. 13.0–13.5
  5. 14.0–14.1
  6. 14.2–14.4
  7. 14.5
  8. 15.0
  9. 15.1–16.0

Authors

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

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.