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32.Dd September, 1999
33.Dt MENU_WIN 3
34.Os BSD 4
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm menu_sub ,
37.Nm menu_win ,
38.Nm scale_window ,
39.Nm set_menu_sub
40.Nd menu library
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libmenu
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Fd #include <menu.h>
45.Ft WINDOW *
46.Fn menu_sub "MENU *menu"
47.Ft WINDOW *
48.Fn menu_win "MENU *menu"
49.Ft int
50.Fn scale_window "MENU *menu" "int *rows" "int *cols"
51.Ft int
52.Fn set_menu_sub "MENU *menu" "WINDOW *sub"
53.Ft int
54.Fn set_menu_win "MENU *menu" "WINDOW *win"
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Fn menu_sub
58function returns a pointer to the window that will be used to post a
59menu into, this pointer is set by the
60.Fn set_menu_sub
61function.  The
62.Fn menu_win
63function returns a pointer to the window in which the menu subwindow
64will be created when the menu is posted, this pointer is set by the
65.Fn set_menu_win
66function.  The
67.Fn scale_window
68function calculates the minimum size a window needs to be to hold the
69items for a given menu, the parameters rows and cols are set to the
70required number of rows and columns respectively.
71.Sh RETURN VALUES
72The functions return one of the following error values:
73.Pp
74.ta 20
75.nf
76E_OK			The function was successful
77E_SYSTEM_ERROR		There was a system error during the call.
78E_BAD_ARGUMENT		One or more of the arguments passed to the function
79			was incorrect.
80E_POSTED		The menu is already posted.
81E_CONNECTED		An item was already connected to a menu.
82E_BAD_STATE		The function was called from within an initialisation
83			or termination routine.
84E_NO_ROOM		The menu does not fit within the subwindow.
85E_NOT_POSTED		The menu is not posted
86E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND	The menu driver does not recognise the request
87			passed to it.
88E_NO_MATCH		The character search failed to find a match.
89E_NOT_SELECTABLE	The item could not be selected.
90E_NOT_CONNECTED		The item is not connected to a menu.
91E_REQUEST_DENIED	The menu driver could not process the request.
92.fi
93.ft 1
94.br
95.ne 8
96.Sh SEE ALSO
97.Xr curses 3 ,
98.Xr menus 3
99.Sh NOTES
100The header
101.Xr <menus.h>
102automatically includes both
103.Xr <curses.h>
104and
105.Xr <eti.h>
106
107