Thread: ncruses and menu

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?