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40 <H1>menu_cursor 3x</H1>
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51 <STRONG>menu_cursor</STRONG> - position a menu's cursor
55 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
56 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><menu.h></STRONG>
57 int pos_menu_cursor(const MENU *menu);
61 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
62 The function <STRONG>pos_menu_cursor</STRONG> restores the cursor to the
63 current position associated with the menu's selected item.
64 This is useful after <STRONG>curses</STRONG> routines have been called to
65 do screen-painting in response to a menu select.
69 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
70 This routine returns one of the following:
72 <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
74 <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
75 System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
77 <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
78 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
81 <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG>
82 The menu has not been posted.
86 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
87 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG>.
92 The header file <STRONG><menu.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header
93 file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
97 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
98 These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
99 were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
103 <H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
104 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
105 curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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