X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fmenu_pattern.3x.html;h=bf7bf8f2af0285f81a6e8cb85fd36cb77d3a8f45;hb=dc690a36a0e53e2c2ecd99c971cd749f78275fdc;hp=431787c9baa6431ba070479c623cec2f93660208;hpb=55ccd2b959766810cf7db8d1c4462f338ce0afc8;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/menu_pattern.3x.html b/doc/html/man/menu_pattern.3x.html index 431787c9..bf7bf8f2 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/menu_pattern.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/menu_pattern.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - +
+ +- menu_pattern(3x) menu_pattern(3x) --
- menu_pattern - get and set a menu's pattern buffer +
+ set_menu_pattern, menu_pattern - set and get a menu's pat- + tern buffer --
+
#include <menu.h> int set_menu_pattern(MENU *menu, const char *pattern); char *menu_pattern(const MENU *menu); --
- 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 menu_driver(3x). - - The function set_menu_pattern 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 +
+ Every menu has an associated pattern match buffer. As + input events that are printable characters come in, they + are appended to this match buffer and tested for a match, + as described in menu_driver(3x). + + The function set_menu_pattern 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 menu_pattern returns the pattern buffer of + The function menu_pattern returns the pattern buffer of the given menu. --
- The function menu_pattern returns NULL on error. The - function set_menu_pattern may return the following error - codes: +
+ The function menu_pattern returns a pointer, which is NULL + if the menu parameter is NULL. Otherwise, it is a pointer + to a string which is empty if no pattern has been set. It + does not set errno. - E_OK The routine succeeded. + The function set_menu_pattern may return the following + error codes: - E_SYSTEM_ERROR - System error occurred (see errno). + E_OK The routine succeeded. E_BAD_ARGUMENT - Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- + Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- ment. + E_BAD_STATE + Routine was called from an initialization or termina- + tion function. + + E_NOT_CONNECTED + No items are connected to menu. + E_NO_MATCH Character failed to match. + E_SYSTEM_ERROR + System error occurred (see errno). --
+ +
curses(3x), menu(3x). --
+
The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>. --
+
These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. --
+
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond. @@ -118,10 +122,17 @@ menu_pattern(3x)-