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To 63 trigger physical display of the subwindow, use <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> or some 64 equivalent <STRONG>curses</STRONG> routine (the implicit <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> triggered by an <STRONG>curses</STRONG> 65 input request will do). <STRONG>post_menu</STRONG> resets the selection status of all 66 items. 67 68 The function <STRONG>unpost_menu</STRONG> erases menu from its associated subwindow. 69 70 71</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE> 72 These routines return one of the following: 73 74 <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded. 75 76 <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG> 77 System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>). 78 79 <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG> 80 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. 81 82 <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG> 83 The menu has already been posted. 84 85 <STRONG>E_BAD_STATE</STRONG> 86 Routine was called from an initialization or termination function. 87 88 <STRONG>E_NO_ROOM</STRONG> 89 Menu is too large for its window. You should consider using 90 <STRONG>set_menu_format</STRONG> to solve the problem. 91 92 <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG> 93 The menu has not been posted. 94 95 <STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG> 96 No items are connected to the menu. 97 98 99</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE> 100 These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not 101 supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. 102 103 104</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE> 105 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. 106 Raymond. 107 108 109</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE> 110 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG> 111 112 113 114ncurses 6.5 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="menu_post.3x.html">menu_post(3x)</A></STRONG> 115</PRE> 116<div class="nav"> 117<ul> 118<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li> 119<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li> 120<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li> 121<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li> 122<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li> 123<li><a href="#h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></li> 124<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li> 125</ul> 126</div> 127</BODY> 128</HTML> 129