menu_cursor

Section: Miscellaneous Library Functions (3X)
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NAME

menu_cursor - position a menu's cursor  

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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

curses(3X), menu(3X).  

NOTES

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

PORTABILITY

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

AUTHORS

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

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