mitem_userptr(3x)

mitem_userptr3x

Associate application data with a menu item

Usage

#include <menu.h>
int set_item_userptr(ITEM *item, void *userptr);
void *item_userptr(const ITEM *item);

Overview

Every menu item has a field that can be used to hold application-specific data (that is, the menu-driver code leaves it alone). These functions get and set that field.

Return value

The function item_userptr returns a pointer (possibly NULL). It does not set errno.

The set_item_userptr always returns E_OK (success).

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.

The user pointer is a void pointer. We chose not to leave it as a char pointer for SVr4 compatibility.

Releases

155 releases since Mac OS X 10.2; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 10.2–11.5
  2. 12.0.1–13.5
  3. 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.