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32.Dd September 10, 1999
33.Dt MENU_FORMAT 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm menu_format ,
37.Nm set_menu_format
38.Nd get or set number of rows and columns of items
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libmenu
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In menu.h
43.Ft void
44.Fn menu_format "MENU *menu" "int *rows" "int *cols"
45.Ft int
46.Fn set_menu_format "MENU *menu" "int rows" "int cols"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn menu_format
50returns the number of rows and columns of items that can be displayed
51by the menu.
52The format is set by the
53.Fn set_menu_format
54function call.
55Note that the rows and columns defined here are not the size of the
56window but rather the number of rows and columns of items.
57.Sh RETURN VALUES
58The functions return one of the following error values:
59.Pp
60.Bl -tag -width E_BAD_ARGUMENT -compact
61.It Er E_OK
62The function was successful.
63.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
64One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
65.It Er E_POSTED
66The menu is already posted.
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr curses 3 ,
70.Xr menus 3
71.Sh NOTES
72The header
73.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
74automatically includes both
75.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
76and
77.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
78