I have compiled and run the following, exactly as suggested in the ncurses library manual (Menus Library)
Code:
include <curses.h>
#include <menu.h>
#define ARRAY_SIZE(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
#define CTRLD 4
char *choices[] = {
"Choice 1",
"Choice 2",
"Choice 3",
"Choice 4",
"Exit",
};
int main()
{ ITEM **my_items;
int c;
MENU *my_menu;
int n_choices, i;
ITEM *cur_item;
initscr();
cbreak();
noecho();
keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
n_choices = ARRAY_SIZE(choices);
my_items = (ITEM **)calloc(n_choices + 1, sizeof(ITEM *));
for(i = 0; i < n_choices; ++i)
my_items[i] = new_item(choices[i], choices[i]);
my_items[n_choices] = (ITEM *)NULL;
my_menu = new_menu((ITEM **)my_items);
mvprintw(LINES - 2, 0, "F1 to Exit");
post_menu(my_menu);
refresh();
while((c = getch()) != KEY_F(1))
{ switch(c)
{ case KEY_DOWN:
menu_driver(my_menu, REQ_DOWN_ITEM);
break;
case KEY_UP:
menu_driver(my_menu, REQ_UP_ITEM);
break;
}
}
free_item(my_items[0]);
free_item(my_items[1]);
free_menu(my_menu);
endwin();
}
What I get is the following:
As you can see, only the last item appears. However, when I start hitting the down arrow to activate REQ_DOWN_ITEM, the menu "unrolls" until I hit the bottom, when I get the full menu:
This is a MWE; I have a much longer menu which does the same thing. The infuriating thing is that this worked---that is, I got the full menu displayed as soon as it was posted---for months, and I can't find that I changed anything in the menu code to make this happen.
Does anyone have any ideas?