menu_requestname
Section: Miscellaneous Library Functions (3X)
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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
request code.
The function
menu_request_by_name searches in the name-table for a request
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_ARGUMENT.
menu_request_by_name returns
E_NO_MATCH on error.
It does not set errno.
SEE ALSO
curses(3X),
menu(3X).
NOTES
The header file
<menu.h> automatically includes the header file
<curses.h>.
PORTABILITY
These routines are specific to ncurses.
They were not supported on
Version 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.