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.TH init_menu 3alleg4 "version 4.4.2" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
init_menu \- Low level initialisation of a menu. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B MENU_PLAYER *init_menu(MENU *menu, int x, int y);
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function provides lower level access to the same functionality as 
do_menu(), but allows you to combine a popup menu with your own program 
control structures. It initialises a menu, returning a pointer to a menu
player object that can be used with update_menu() and shutdown_menu().
With these functions, you could implement your own version of do_menu()
with the lines:

.nf
   MENU_PLAYER *player = init_menu(menu, x, y);
   
   while (update_menu(player))
      ;
   
   return shutdown_menu(player);
.fi

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR update_menu (3alleg4),
.BR shutdown_menu (3alleg4),
.BR do_menu (3alleg4)