+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* board menu */
+BoardMenu*
+create_board_menu(Board* board)
+{
+ BoardMenu* new_boardmenu;
+
+ new_boardmenu = malloc(sizeof(BoardMenu));
+
+ new_boardmenu->menu_list = make_menus(board, board->todolist_count);
+ new_boardmenu->menu_count = board->todolist_count;
+ new_boardmenu->selected = 0;
+
+ return new_boardmenu;
+}
+
+Menu**
+make_menus(Board* board, int todolist_length)
+{
+
+ Menu** menu_list;
+
+ menu_list = malloc(todolist_length*sizeof(Menu*));
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < todolist_length; i++) {
+
+ /* read from parsed */
+ TodoList* todo_list = board->todolist_list[i];
+ MenuItem** item_list = todolist_to_menuitem(todo_list->item_list, todo_list->item_count);
+
+ Menu* new_menu = create_menu(todo_list->list_name, item_list);
+
+ /* make window */
+ WINDOW* win = newwin(20, MENU_WIDTH, 1, 1+MENU_WIDTH*i);
+ box(win, 0, 0);
+
+ /* some menu settings */
+ set_menu_win(new_menu, win);
+ set_menu_focus(new_menu, i == 0); // make first win focused
+
+ /* refresh */
+ refresh();
+ wrefresh(win);
+
+ menu_list[i] = new_menu;
+ }
+
+ return menu_list;
+}
+
+MenuItem**
+todolist_to_menuitem(TodoItem** item_list, int list_length)
+{
+ MenuItem** items;
+
+ items = malloc((list_length+1)*sizeof(MenuItem*));
+ for (int i = 0; i < list_length; i++) {
+ items[i] = create_menuitem(item_list[i]->item_name);
+ }
+
+ items[list_length] = 0; //null terminate
+ return items;
+}
+
+Board*
+boardmenu_to_board(BoardMenu* boardmenu)
+{ // STRINGS are sharing the same address as the one in MENU
+ // and MENUITEM, this may break something if u free this board
+ // consider copying the string
+
+ Board* newboard = malloc(sizeof(Board));
+ TodoList** new_todolist_list = malloc(sizeof(TodoList*));
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < boardmenu->menu_count; i++) {
+ Menu* curmenu = boardmenu->menu_list[i];