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.Dd September 10, 1999
.Dt MENU_NEW 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm free_menu ,
.Nm new_menu
.Nd create or delete a menu
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libmenu
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
.Ft int
.Fn free_menu "MENU *menu"
.Ft MENU *
.Fn new_menu "ITEMS **items"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn free_menu
.Fa menu
function destroys the given menu and frees all allocated storage
associated with the menu.  All items associated with the menu are
detached from the menu before it is destroyed.  The
.Fn new_menu
function allocates storage for a new menu and initialises all the
values to the defined defaults.  If the items pointer passed is not a
NULL then the given NULL terminated array of items is attached to the
new menu.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn new_menu
function returns NULL on error, while the
.Fn free_menu
function returns one of the following error values:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width E_BAD_ARGUMENT -compact
.It Er E_OK
The function was successful.
.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
.It Er E_POSTED
The menu is already posted.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr curses 3 ,
.Xr menus 3
.Sh NOTES
The header
.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
automatically includes both
.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
and
.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .