'\" te
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
.TH menu_item_new 3CURSES "31 Dec 1996" "SunOS 5.11" "Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
menu_item_new, new_item, free_item \- create and destroy menus items
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lmenu\fR \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <menu.h>

\fBITEM *\fR\fBnew_item\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIname\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIdesc\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBfree_item\fR(\fBITEM *\fR\fIitem\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBnew_item()\fR creates a new item from \fIname\fR and \fIdescription\fR, and returns a pointer to the new item.
.sp
.LP
\fBfree_item()\fR frees the storage allocated for \fIitem\fR. Once an item is freed, the user can no longer connect it to a menu.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
\fBnew_item()\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
.sp
.LP
\fBfree_item()\fR returns one of the following: 
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_OK\fR
.ad
.RS 19n
.rt  
The routine returned successfully.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
.ad
.RS 19n
.rt  
System error. 
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT	\fR
.ad
.RS 19n
.rt  
An incorrect argument was passed to the routine. 
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_CONNECTED\fR
.ad
.RS 19n
.rt  
One or more items are already connected	to another menu.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBcurses\fR(3CURSES), \fBmenus\fR(3CURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The header \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the headers \fB<eti.h>\fR and \fB<curses.h>\fR\&.