menu_attributes(3X)

✨ menu_attributes(3X) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the <menu.h> zone — the ncurses menu library, and it's literally all about making your menus look cute: colours, attributes, padding, the whole vibe. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <menu.h>

int set_menu_fore(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
chtype menu_fore(const MENU *menu);

int set_menu_back(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
chtype menu_back(const MENU *menu);

int set_menu_grey(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
chtype menu_grey(const MENU *menu);

int set_menu_pad(MENU *menu, int pad);
int menu_pad(const MENU *menu);

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so there are four little duos here — each one has a set_ function that sets the vibe, and a plain getter that returns it. iconic symmetry, no cap. 🦋

foreground ✨ — set_menu_fore sets the foreground attribute of menu. this is the highlight used for selected menu items. and menu_fore returns that foreground attribute. the default? A_REVERSE. slay.

background ✨ — set_menu_back sets the background attribute of menu. this is the highlight used for selectable (but not currently selected) menu items. and menu_back returns the background attribute. default is A_NORMAL. as it should be.

grey ✨ — set_menu_grey sets the grey attribute of menu. this is the highlight used for un-selectable menu items in menus that permit more than one selection. menu_grey returns the grey attribute. default is A_UNDERLINE. lowkey a serve.

pad ✨ — set_menu_pad sets the character used to fill the space between the name and description parts of a menu item. menu_pad returns the given menu's pad character. default is a blank. simple, clean, aesthetic. 🎀

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💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

these routines return one of the following:

• E_OK — the routine succeeded. we love a win. 🫶
• E_SYSTEM_ERROR — system error occurred (see errno(3)). 😭
• E_BAD_ARGUMENT — routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. bestie what did you do 💀

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🌈 PORTABILITY 🌈

these routines emulate the System V menu library. they were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. so like, know your roots. ⭐

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

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

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

curses(3X) and related pages whose names begin “menu_” for detailed descriptions of the entry points. iykyk 🧚

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mwah 💋 this was ncurses 6.5, dated 2024-03-16 — menu_attributes(3X) and that's the whole page, periodt. 💜