item_description(3x)

item_description3x

Get menu item name and description fields

Part of mitem_name(3x).

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.

Authors

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

From ncurses 6.6-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.