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menu_cursor(3X)                                                                              menu_cursor(3X)



NAME
       menu_cursor - position a menu's cursor

SYNOPSIS
       #include <menu.h>
       int pos_menu_cursor(const MENU *menu);

DESCRIPTION
       The  function  pos_menu_cursor restores the cursor to the current position associated with the menu's
       selected item.  This is useful after curses routines  have  been  called  to  do  screen-painting  in
       response to a menu select.

RETURN VALUE
       This routine returns one of the following:

       E_OK The routine succeeded.

       E_SYSTEM_ERROR
            System error occurred (see errno).

       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

       E_NOT_POSTED
            The menu has not been posted.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), menu(3X).

NOTES
       The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.

PORTABILITY
       These  routines  emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD ver-sions. versions.
       sions.

AUTHORS
       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.



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