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32.Dd September 10, 1999
33.Dt MENU_ITEM_NEW 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm free_item ,
37.Nm new_item
38.Nd create or delete menu item
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libmenu
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In menu.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn free_item "ITEM *item"
45.Ft ITEM *
46.Fn new_item "char *name" "char *description"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn free_item
50function destroys the item and frees all allocated storage for that
51item.
52The
53.Fn new_item
54allocates storage for a new item then copies in the item name and
55description for the new item.
56A pointer to the newly created item is returned to the caller.
57.Sh RETURN VALUES
58The
59.Fn new_item
60function returns NULL on failure, the
61.Fn free_item
62returns one of the following error values:
63.Pp
64.Bl -tag -width E_BAD_ARGUMENT -compact
65.It Er E_OK
66The function was successful.
67.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
68One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
69.El
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr curses 3 ,
72.Xr menus 3
73.Sh NOTES
74The header
75.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
76automatically includes both
77.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
78and
79.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
80