menu_name(3menu)

menu_name3menu

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

18 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 13 times.

  1. 1.1–1.3
  2. 2.0
  3. 2.1
  4. 2.2
  5. 3.0
  6. 3.1
  7. 4.0
  8. 5.0–6.0
  9. 7–8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 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.