mitemnew(3X)                                                    mitemnew(3X)



NAME
       mitemnew - create and destroy menu items

SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>
       ITEM *newitem(const char *name, const char *description);
       int freeitem(ITEM *item);

DESCRIPTION
       The  function newitem allocates a new item and initializes it from the
       name and description pointers. Please notice that the item stores  only
       the  pointers to the name and description. Those pointers must be valid
       during the lifetime of the item. So you should  be  very  careful  with
       names or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
       The  function  freeitem de-allocates an item. Please notice that it is
       the responsibility of the application to release  the  memory  for  the
       name or the description of the item.

RETURN VALUE
       The function newitem returns NUL on error.

       The function freeitem returns one of the following:

       EOK The routine succeeded.

       ESYSTEMEROR
            System error occurred (see errno).

       EBADARGUMENT
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

       ECONECTED
            Item is connected to a menu.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), menu(3X).

NOTES
       The  header  file  <>  automatically  includes  the  header  file
       <>.

PORTABILITY
       These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were  not  sup-
       ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

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



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