requestname(3MENU) Library calls requestname(3MENU)
NAME
menu_request_by_name, menu_request_name - handle printable menu request
names
SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h>
const char *menu_request_name(int request);
int menu_request_by_name(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The function menu_request_name returns the printable name of a menu re-
quest code.
The function menu_request_by_name searches in the name-table for a re-
quest with the given name and returns its request code. Otherwise
E_NO_MATCH is returned.
RETURN VALUE
menu_request_name returns NULL on error and sets errno to E_BAD_ARGU-
MENT.
menu_request_by_name returns E_NO_MATCH on error. It does not set er-
rno.
PORTABILITY
These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on Ver-
sion 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any
code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
Raymond.
SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES), menu(3MENU)
ncurses 6.5 2024-12-28 requestname(3MENU)
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