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[ncurses.git] / man / menu_pattern.3x

diff --git a/man/menu_pattern.3x b/man/menu_pattern.3x
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--- a/man/menu_pattern.3x
+++ b/man/menu_pattern.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2010 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            *
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.'" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.5 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.12 2010/07/31 16:08:48 tom Exp $
 .TH menu_pattern 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBmenu_pattern\fR - get and set a menu's pattern buffer
+\fBmenu_pattern\fR \- get and set a menu's pattern buffer
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <menu.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -39,30 +39,39 @@ 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
+printable characters come in, they are appended to this match buffer
 and tested for a match, as described in \fBmenu_driver\fR(3X).
-
+.PP
 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.  
-
+current; if not, the current item does not change. 
+.PP
 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:
+The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns a pointer, which is \fBNULL\fR if the \fImenu\fP parameter is \fBNULL\fP.
+Otherwise, it is a pointer to a string which is empty if no pattern has been set.
+It does not set errno.
+.PP
+The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR may return the following error codes:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_NO_MATCH\fR
+.B E_BAD_STATE
+Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
+.TP 5
+.B E_NOT_CONNECTED
+No items are connected to menu.
+.TP 5
+.B E_NO_MATCH
 Character failed to match.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES