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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_window ,
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.Fd #include \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
46.Ft WINDOW *
47.Fn menu_sub "MENU *menu"
48.Ft WINDOW *
49.Fn menu_win "MENU *menu"
50.Ft int
51.Fn scale_window "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.  The
63.Fn menu_win
64function returns a pointer to the window in which the menu subwindow
65will be created when the menu is posted, this pointer is set by the
66.Fn set_menu_win
67function.  The
68.Fn scale_window
69function calculates the minimum size a window needs to be to hold the
70items for a given menu, the parameters rows and cols are set to the
71required number of rows and columns respectively.
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73The functions return one of the following error values:
74.Pp
75.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
76.It Er E_OK
77The function was successful.
78.It Er E_SYSTEM_ERROR
79There was a system error during the call.
80.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
81One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
82.It Er E_POSTED
83The menu is already posted.
84.It Er E_CONNECTED
85An item was already connected to a menu.
86.It Er E_BAD_STATE
87The function was called from within an initialisation or termination
88routine.
89.It Er E_NO_ROOM
90The menu does not fit within the subwindow.
91.It Er E_NOT_POSTED
92The menu is not posted
93.It Er E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
94The menu driver does not recognise the request passed to it.
95.It Er E_NO_MATCH
96The character search failed to find a match.
97.It Er E_NOT_SELECTABLE
98The item could not be selected.
99.It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
100The item is not connected to a menu.
101.It Er E_REQUEST_DENIED
102The menu driver could not process the request.
103.El
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr curses 3 ,
106.Xr menus 3
107.Sh NOTES
108The header
109.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
110automatically includes both
111.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
112and
113.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
114