item_description(3menu)

item_description3menu

Get menu item name and description fields

Part of menu_name(3menu).

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

12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0–6.0
  5. 7–8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13

Authors

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

From ncurses-doc 6.5+20250216-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.