Is there a definitive curses menu library (menu.h) reference?

Question

I am using curses to create a menu in C.

I have been using the following resources: ncurses man pages and the tldp how-to.

While the former provides a great reference for curses.h functions, and the latter has a nice introductory section on the menu library, I am unable to find a good reference for it. I have examined my local copy of menu.h, but it doesn't help me determine what each function actually does.

Is there any official reference for this "ncurses menu library"?

Answer 1

Yes, the reference is:

• online here,
• located at doc/html/man/menu.3x.html in the source download,
• man menu should work as well if you have ncurses man pages installed (sudo apt-get install ncurses-doc on Debian/Ubuntu).