menuspacing(3X)                                              menuspacing(3X)



NAME
       menuspacing - Control spacing between menu items.

SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>
       int setmenuspacing(MENU *menu,
                            int spcdescription,
                            int spcrows,
                            int spccolumns);
       int menuspacing(const MENU *menu,
                        int* spcdescription,
                        int* spcrows,
                        int* spccolumns);

DESCRIPTION
       The  function  setmenuspacing  sets  the spacing informations for the
       menu.  spcdescription controls the number of spaces  between  an  item
       name  and  an item description. It must not be larger than TABSIZE. The
       menu system puts in the middle of this spacing area the pad  character.
       The remaining parts are filled with spaces.  spcrows controls the num-
       ber of rows that are used for an item. It must not be  larger  than  3.
       The menu system inserts then blank lines between item rows, these lines
       will contain the pad character in the appropriate positions.   spccol-
       umns  controls  the  number of blanks between columns of items. It must
       not be larger than TABSIZE.  A value of 0 for all  the  spacing  values
       resets them to the default, which is 1 for all of them.
       The function menuspacing passes back the spacing info for the menu. If
       a pointer is NUL, this specific info is simply not returned.

RETURN VALUE
       Both routines return  EOK  on  success.  setmenuspacing  may  return
       EPOSTED if the menu is posted, or EBADARGUMENT if one of the spacing
       values is out of range.

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

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

PORTABILITY
       These  routines  are  specific  to ncurses.  They were not supported on
       Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.  It is recommended that any
       code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSESVERSION.

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



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