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32 .Dd September 10, 1999
38 .Nd get or set menu pattern
44 .Fn menu_pattern "MENU *menu"
48 function returns a pointer to the string that is currently in the menu
50 The menu pattern buffer can be set by calling
52 which will set the pattern buffer to the string passed and then
53 attempt to match that string against the names of the items in the
56 The functions return one of the following error values:
58 .Bl -tag -width E_BAD_ARGUMENT -compact
60 The function was successful.
62 There was a system error during the call.
64 One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
66 The character search failed to find a match.
73 .Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
74 automatically includes both
75 .Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
77 .Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .