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32.Dd September 10, 1999
33.Dt MENU_WIN 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm menu_sub ,
37.Nm menu_win ,
38.Nm scale_menu ,
39.Nm set_menu_sub ,
40.Nm set_menu_win
41.Nd sub-menu handling
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libmenu
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In menu.h
46.Ft WINDOW *
47.Fn menu_sub "MENU *menu"
48.Ft WINDOW *
49.Fn menu_win "MENU *menu"
50.Ft int
51.Fn scale_menu "MENU *menu" "int *rows" "int *cols"
52.Ft int
53.Fn set_menu_sub "MENU *menu" "WINDOW *sub"
54.Ft int
55.Fn set_menu_win "MENU *menu" "WINDOW *win"
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57The
58.Fn menu_sub
59function returns a pointer to the window that will be used to post a
60menu into, this pointer is set by the
61.Fn set_menu_sub
62function.
63The
64.Fn menu_win
65function returns a pointer to the window in which the menu subwindow
66will be created when the menu is posted, this pointer is set by the
67.Fn set_menu_win
68function.
69The
70.Fn scale_menu
71function calculates the minimum size a window needs to be to hold the
72items for a given menu, the parameters rows and cols are set to the
73required number of rows and columns respectively.
74.Sh RETURN VALUES
75The functions return one of the following error values:
76.Pp
77.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
78.It Er E_OK
79The function was successful.
80.It Er E_SYSTEM_ERROR
81There was a system error during the call.
82.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
83One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
84.It Er E_POSTED
85The menu is already posted.
86.It Er E_CONNECTED
87An item was already connected to a menu.
88.It Er E_BAD_STATE
89The function was called from within an initialization or termination
90routine.
91.It Er E_NO_ROOM
92The menu does not fit within the subwindow.
93.It Er E_NOT_POSTED
94The menu is not posted
95.It Er E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
96The menu driver does not recognize the request passed to it.
97.It Er E_NO_MATCH
98The character search failed to find a match.
99.It Er E_NOT_SELECTABLE
100The item could not be selected.
101.It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
102The item is not connected to a menu.
103.It Er E_REQUEST_DENIED
104The menu driver could not process the request.
105.El
106.Sh SEE ALSO
107.Xr curses 3 ,
108.Xr menus 3
109.Sh NOTES
110The header
111.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
112automatically includes both
113.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
114and
115.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
116