NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | SEE ALSO | NOTES | PORTABILITY | AUTHORS | COLOPHON

menu_cursor(3X)                                              menu_cursor(3X)

NAME         top

       pos_menu_cursor - position a menu's cursor

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <menu.h>
       int pos_menu_cursor(const MENU *menu);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The function pos_menu_cursor restores the cursor to the current
       position associated with the menu's selected item.  This is useful
       after curses routines have been called to do screen-painting in
       response to a menu select.

RETURN VALUE         top

       This routine returns one of the following:
       E_OK The routine succeeded.
       E_SYSTEM_ERROR
            System error occurred (see errno).
       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
       E_NOT_POSTED
            The menu has not been posted.

SEE ALSO         top

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

NOTES         top

       The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file
       <curses.h>.

PORTABILITY         top

       These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not
       supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

AUTHORS         top

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

COLOPHON         top

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                                                             menu_cursor(3X)