mitem_name(3menu)

mitem_name3menu

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.

Notes

The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.

Portability

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

Releases

7 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0–6.0
  5. 7–8

Authors

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

From ncurses-doc 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.