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.TH MENU_ITEM_NEW 3CURSES "Dec 31, 1996"
.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
.na
\fBE_OK\fR
.ad
.RS 19n
The routine returned successfully.
.RE

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

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

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

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-Level	Unsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR curses (3CURSES),
.BR menus (3CURSES),
.BR attributes (7)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The header \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the headers \fB<eti.h>\fR and
\fB<curses.h>\fR\&.