+/* menuitem */
+int
+update_menuitem_descrip(MenuItem* menuitem)
+{ /* need to do something about colored text */
+
+ TodoItem* item_data;
+ char* new_descrip;
+
+ item_data = (TodoItem*)get_menuitem_userdata(menuitem);
+ new_descrip = strdup("");
+
+ if (strlen(item_data->description) > 0) {
+ /* strcat(new_descrip, "☰ "); */
+ strcat(new_descrip, "~ ");
+ }
+ if (strlen(item_data->due) > 0) {
+ strcat(new_descrip, item_data->due);
+ strcat(new_descrip, " ");
+ }
+ if (item_data->subtask_count > 0) {
+ /* [, # done, /, # total, ], null */
+ int substask_len = 1+item_data->subtask_count+1+ 1+1;
+ char subtask_text[substask_len];
+ sprintf(subtask_text, "[%d/]", item_data->subtask_count);
+ strcat(new_descrip, subtask_text);
+ }
+
+ /* free old string */
+ if (strlen(new_descrip) > 0) {
+ free(get_menuitem_descrip(menuitem));
+ set_menuitem_descrip(menuitem, new_descrip);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+