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menu_attrib(3X)

control menus display attributes

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

menu_attributes: set_menu_fore, menu_fore, set_menu_back, menu_back, set_menu_grey, menu_grey, set_menu_pad, menu_pad - control menus display attributes

SYNOPSIS

#include <menu.h>

int set_menu_fore(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
chtype menu_fore(MENU *menu);
int set_menu_back(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
chtype menu_back(MENU *menu);
int set_menu_grey(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
chtype menu_grey(MENU *menu);
int set_menu_pad(MENU *menu, int pad);
int menu_pad(MENU *menu);

DESCRIPTION

set_menu_fore sets the foreground attribute of menu - the display attribute for the current item (if selectable) on single-valued menus and for selected items on multi-valued menus. This display attribute is a curses library visual attribute. menu_fore returns the foreground attribute of menu.

set_menu_back sets the background attribute of menu - the display attribute for unselected, yet selectable, items. This display attribute is a curses library visual attribute. set_menu_grey sets the grey attribute of menu - the display attribute for nonselectable items in multi-valued menus. This display attribute is a curses library visual attribute. menu_grey returns the grey attribute of menu.

The pad character is the character that fills the space between the name and description of an item. set_menu_pad sets the pad character for menu to pad. menu_pad returns the pad character of menu.

RETURN VALUE

These routines return 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.

NOTES