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32 .Dd September 10, 1999
40 .Nd get or set strings that show mark status for a menu
46 .Fn menu_mark "MENU *menu"
48 .Fn menu_unmark "MENU *menu"
50 .Fn set_menu_mark "MENU *menu" "char *mark"
52 .Fn set_menu_unmark "MENU *menu" "char *mark"
56 function returns a pointer to the character string that is used to
57 mark selected items in the menu.
58 The mark string is set by the
63 function returns a pointer to the character string that is used to
64 indicate a menu items is not selected, this string is set by the
67 The mark and unmark strings may be of differing lengths, the room
68 allocated to drawing the mark will be the maximum of the lengths of
69 both the mark and unmark strings.
70 The shorter of the two strings will be left justified and space padded.
72 The functions return one of the following error values:
74 .Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
76 The function was successful.
78 There was a system error during the call.
80 One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
82 The menu is already posted.
84 An item was already connected to a menu.
86 The function was called from within an initialization or termination
89 The menu does not fit within the subwindow.
91 The menu is not posted.
92 .It Er E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
93 The menu driver does not recognize the request passed to it.
95 The character search failed to find a match.
96 .It Er E_NOT_SELECTABLE
97 The item could not be selected.
98 .It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
99 The item is not connected to a menu.
100 .It Er E_REQUEST_DENIED
101 The menu driver could not process the request.
108 .Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
109 automatically includes both
110 .Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
112 .Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .