ncurses 4.2

[ncurses.git] / man / menu_format.3x

diff --git a/man/menu_format.3x b/man/menu_format.3x
index a901a065192c686a9ab714830860bd2a2e7c7689..1931f79811d6dcd164934ba13158371d1d375f20 100644 (file)
--- a/man/menu_format.3x
+++ b/man/menu_format.3x
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ int menu_format(const MENU *menu, int *rows, int *cols);
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBset_menu_format\fR sets the maximum display size of the given
-window.  If this size is too small to display all menu items, the menu will be
-made scrollable.
+menu.  If this size is too small to display all menu items, the menu will be
+made scrollable. If this size is larger than the menus subwindow and the
+subwindow is too small to display all menu items, \fBpost_menu()\fR will fail.
 
 The default format is 16 rows, 1 column.  Calling \fBset_menu_format\fR with a
 null menu pointer will change this default.  A zero row or column argument to