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29 .\" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.14 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp $
30 .TH menu_pattern 3X ""
32 \fBset_menu_pattern\fP,
33 \fBmenu_pattern\fR \- set and get a menu's pattern buffer
35 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
37 int set_menu_pattern(MENU *menu, const char *pattern);
39 char *menu_pattern(const MENU *menu);
42 Every menu has an associated pattern match buffer. As input events that are
43 printable characters come in, they are appended to this match buffer
44 and tested for a match, as described in \fBmenu_driver\fR(3X).
46 The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR sets the pattern buffer for the given menu
47 and tries to find the first matching item. If it succeeds, that item becomes
48 current; if not, the current item does not change.
50 The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns the pattern buffer of the given
53 The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns a pointer, which is \fBNULL\fR if the \fImenu\fP parameter is \fBNULL\fP.
54 Otherwise, it is a pointer to a string which is empty if no pattern has been set.
55 It does not set errno.
57 The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR may return the following error codes:
60 The routine succeeded.
63 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
66 Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
69 No items are connected to menu.
72 Character failed to match.
75 System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
77 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
79 The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
82 These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on
83 Version 7 or BSD versions.
85 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric