mitem_name(3X)

💖 mitem_name — the manual page bestie 💖

okay so this is mitem_name(3X), a library call straight outta the ncurses menu squad ✨ it lives in section 3X of the manual, and it's genuinely one of the most low-key useful little functions ever. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

item_name, item_description — grab the name and description fields off a menu item, periodt 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <menu.h>

const char *item_name(const ITEM *item);
const char *item_description(const ITEM *item);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, item_name hands you back the name part of the item you passed in. that's it. that's the whole vibe 🎀

and item_description? she returns the description part of the given item. iconic behaviour, honestly.

two functions, one job each, no drama 🌈

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💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

both of these routines return a pointer — and heads up bestie, that pointer may be NULL 😭 so pls check it before you go dereferencing, i'm begging.

also: they do not set errno. not even a little. don't come for errno looking for answers, she knows nothing 👑

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🧚 PORTABILITY 🧚

these routines emulate the System V menu library 🫶

they were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions — so if you're time-travelling back to those, you're on your own, i'm so sorry 💜

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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)
• menu(3X)

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and that's the whole page, no notes 💖 this was ncurses 6.6, dated 2024-12-28, and the page itself is mitem_name(3X) — slay, go read your menu items' names, you deserve it 🎀✨🦋