.\" $OpenBSD: menu_pattern.3,v 1.4 1998/07/24 16:39:35 millert Exp $ .\" .\"*************************************************************************** .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * .\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * .\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * .\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * .\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * .\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * .\" * .\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * .\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * .\" * .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * .\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * .\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * .\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * .\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * .\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * .\" * .\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * .\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * .\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" .'" $From: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.5 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $ .TH menu_pattern 3 "" .SH NAME \fBmenu_pattern\fR - get and set a menu's pattern buffer .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include <menu.h>\fR .br int set_menu_pattern(MENU *menu, const char *pattern); .br char *menu_pattern(const MENU *menu); .br .SH DESCRIPTION Every menu has an associated pattern match buffer. As input events that are printable ASCII characters come in, they are appended to this match buffer and tested for a match, as described in \fBmenu_driver\fR(3). The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR sets the pattern buffer for the given menu and tries to find the first matching item. If it succeeds, that item becomes current; if not, the current item does not change. The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns the pattern buffer of the given \fImenu\fR. .SH RETURN VALUE The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error. The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR may return the following error codes: .TP 5 \fBE_OK\fR The routine succeeded. .TP 5 \fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). .TP 5 \fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. .TP 5 \fBE_NO_MATCH\fR Character failed to match. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3), \fBmenu\fR(3). .SH NOTES The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file \fB<curses.h>\fR. .SH PORTABILITY These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. .SH AUTHORS Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. .\"# .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS .\"# Local Variables: .\"# mode:nroff .\"# fill-column:79 .\"# End: