mitem_name(3x)

mitem_name3x

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.

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

155 releases since Mac OS X 10.2; the text changed 3 times.

  1. 10.2–10.3.9
  2. 10.4–10.5.8
  3. 10.6–13.5
  4. 14.0–26.5

Authors

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

From ncurses 79 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.