menu_opts(3curses)


menu_opts: set_menu_opts, menu_opts_on, menu_opts_off, menu_opts -- menus option routines

Synopsis

   cc [flag . . .] file -lmenu -lcurses [library . . .] 
   

#include <menu.h>

int set_menu_opts(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts); int menu_opts_on(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts); int menu_opts_off(MENU *menu, OPTIONS opts); OPTIONS menu_opts(MENU *menu);

Description

set_menu_opts turns on the named options for menu and turns off all other options. Options are boolean values that can be OR-ed together.

menu_opts_on turns on the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

menu_opts_off turns off the named options for menu; no other option is changed.

menu_opts returns the current options of menu.

Menu options

O_ONEVALUE Only one item can be selected from the menu.
O_SHOWDESC Display the description of the items.
O_ROWMAJOR Display the menu in row major order.
O_IGNORECASE Ignore the case when pattern matching.
O_SHOWMATCH Place the cursor within the item name when pattern matching.
O_NONCYCLIC Make certain menu driver requests non-cyclic.

 
 O_ONEVALUE     Only one item can be selected from the menu. 
 O_SHOWDESC     Display the description of the items. 
 O_ROWMAJOR     Display the menu in row major order. 
 O_IGNORECASE   Ignore the case when pattern matching. 
 O_SHOWMATCH    Place the cursor within the item name when pattern matching. 
 O_NONCYCLIC    Make certain menu driver requests non-cyclic. 

<Return> value

Except for menu_opts, these routines return one of the following:

E_OK - The routine returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR - System error.
E_POSTED - The menu is already posted.

 
 E_OK             -   The routine returned successfully. 
 E_SYSTEM_ERROR   -   System error. 
 E_POSTED         -   The menu is already posted. 

Notices

The header file menu.h automatically includes the header files eti.h and curses.h.

References

curses(3curses), menus(3curses)
30 January 1998
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