man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions

set_menu_mark(3CURSES)

Name

menu_mark, set_menu_mark - menus mark string routines

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –lmenu –lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>

int set_menu_mark(MENU *menu, char *mark);

char *menu_mark(MENU *menu);

Description

menus displays mark strings to distinguish selected items in a menu (or the current item in a single-valued menu). set_menu_mark() sets the mark string of menu to mark. menu_mark() returns a pointer to the mark string of menu.

Return Values

menu_mark() returns NULL on error. set_menu_mark() returns one of the following:

E_OK

The routine returned successfully.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error.

E_BAD_ARGUMENT

An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.

Attributes

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE MT-Level Unsafe

See Also

curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(7)

Notes

The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.