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32.Dd September 10, 1999
33.Dt MENU_USERPTR 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm menu_userptr ,
37.Nm set_menu_userptr
38.Nd get or set user pointer for a menu
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libmenu
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
43.Ft char *
44.Fn menu_userptr "MENU *menu"
45.Ft int
46.Fn set_menu_userptr "MENU *menu" "char *ptr"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn menu_userptr
50function returns the pointer to the user defined pointer for the given
51menu.
52This pointer is set by the
53.Fn set_menu_userptr
54function.
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56The functions return one of the following error values:
57.Pp
58.Bl -tag -width E_SYSTEM_ERROR -compact
59.It Er E_OK
60The function was successful.
61.It Er E_SYSTEM_ERROR
62There was a system error during the call.
63.El
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr curses 3 ,
66.Xr menus 3
67.Sh NOTES
68The header
69.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
70automatically includes both
71.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
72and
73.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
74