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menu_initialise</A>
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Its job is to create a Curses environment and configure Cmenu to operate effectively with your terminal providing some default values for variables. It accepts tow variables and is called like this;
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menu_initialise("My System","Menu Prompt");
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<DT><STRONG>My System</STRONG></DT>
<DD>the name of your system displayed in the top left-hand corner of the display - it is always present
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<DT><STRONG>Menu prompt</STRONG></DT>
<DD>a standard propmpt displayed at the foot of the screen; can be over-ridden during menu specification
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Andy Ferguson (AFC)
2001-10-20
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