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Changes since 1.9: +2 -2 lines 

Use
.In header.h
instead of
.Fd #include \*[Lt]header.h\*[Gt]
Much easier to read and write, and supported by groff for ages.
Okayed by ross.

.\"	$NetBSD: menu_win.3,v 1.10 2003/04/16 13:35:11 wiz Exp $
.\"
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.\"	Brett Lymn - blymn@baea.com.au, brett_lymn@yahoo.com.au
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.Dd September 10, 1999
.Dt MENU_WIN 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm menu_sub ,
.Nm menu_win ,
.Nm scale_menu ,
.Nm set_menu_sub ,
.Nm set_menu_win
.Nd sub-menu handling
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libmenu
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In menu.h
.Ft WINDOW *
.Fn menu_sub "MENU *menu"
.Ft WINDOW *
.Fn menu_win "MENU *menu"
.Ft int
.Fn scale_menu "MENU *menu" "int *rows" "int *cols"
.Ft int
.Fn set_menu_sub "MENU *menu" "WINDOW *sub"
.Ft int
.Fn set_menu_win "MENU *menu" "WINDOW *win"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn menu_sub
function returns a pointer to the window that will be used to post a
menu into, this pointer is set by the
.Fn set_menu_sub
function.
The
.Fn menu_win
function returns a pointer to the window in which the menu subwindow
will be created when the menu is posted, this pointer is set by the
.Fn set_menu_win
function.
The
.Fn scale_menu
function calculates the minimum size a window needs to be to hold the
items for a given menu, the parameters rows and cols are set to the
required number of rows and columns respectively.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The functions return one of the following error values:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
.It Er E_OK
The function was successful.
.It Er E_SYSTEM_ERROR
There was a system error during the call.
.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
.It Er E_POSTED
The menu is already posted.
.It Er E_CONNECTED
An item was already connected to a menu.
.It Er E_BAD_STATE
The function was called from within an initialization or termination
routine.
.It Er E_NO_ROOM
The menu does not fit within the subwindow.
.It Er E_NOT_POSTED
The menu is not posted
.It Er E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND
The menu driver does not recognize the request passed to it.
.It Er E_NO_MATCH
The character search failed to find a match.
.It Er E_NOT_SELECTABLE
The item could not be selected.
.It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
The item is not connected to a menu.
.It Er E_REQUEST_DENIED
The menu driver could not process the request.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr curses 3 ,
.Xr menus 3
.Sh NOTES
The header
.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
automatically includes both
.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
and
.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .