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32 .Dd September 10, 1999
38 .Nd post (draw) or unpost a menu
44 .Fn post_menu "MENU *menu"
46 .Fn unpost_menu "MENU *menu"
50 function causes the menu to be drawn on the screen.
51 Any functions defined by either
57 are called before the menu is placed on the screen.
60 does the opposite, it removes a menu from the screen.
61 Any functions defined by both
67 are called prior to the menu's removal.
69 The functions return one of the following error values:
71 .Bl -tag -width E_NOT_CONNECTED -compact
73 The function was successful.
75 There was a system error during the call.
77 One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
79 The menu is already posted.
81 The function was called from within an initialization or termination
84 The menu does not fit within the subwindow.
85 .It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
86 The item is not connected to a menu.
94 .Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
95 automatically includes both
96 .Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
98 .Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .