getitems(1F) getitems(1F)
NAME
getitems - return a list of currently marked menu items
SYNOPSIS
getitems [delimiter_string]
DESCRIPTION
The getitems function returns the value of lininfo if defined,
else it returns the value of the name descriptor, for all
currently marked menu items. Each value in the list is
delimited by delimiter_string. The default value of
delimiter_string is newline.
EXAMPLES
The done descriptor in the following menu definition file
executes getitems when the user presses ENTER (note that the
menu is multiselect):
Menu="Example"
multiselect=TRUE
done=`getitems ":" | message`
name="Item 1"
action=`message "You selected item 1"`
name="Item 2"
lininfo="This is item 2"
action=`message "You selected item 2"`
name="Item 3"
action=`message "You selected item 3"`
If a user marked all three items in this menu, pressing ENTER
would cause the following string to be displayed on the
message line:
Item 1:This is item 2:Item 3
Note that because lininfo is defined for the second menu item,
its value is displayed instead of the value of the name
descriptor.
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