ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240504

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

diff --git a/man/menu_pattern.3x b/man/menu_pattern.3x
index e63a9f73d84c5f948aec8a939ec563d6bd63d705..a66a368dd0c9c3e51884332fa14cb404938af23d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/menu_pattern.3x
+++ b/man/menu_pattern.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 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            *
@@ -26,34 +27,40 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.13 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $
-.TH menu_pattern 3X ""
+.\" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.38 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH menu_pattern 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .SH NAME
-\fBmenu_pattern\fR \- get and set a menu's pattern buffer
+\fBset_menu_pattern\fP,
+\fBmenu_pattern\fP \-
+set and get 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
+.nf
+\fB#include <menu.h>
+.PP
+\fBint set_menu_pattern(MENU *\fImenu\fP, const char *\fIpattern\fP);
+\fBchar *menu_pattern(const MENU *\fImenu\fP);
+.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Every menu has an associated pattern match buffer.  As input events that are
+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 \fBmenu_driver\fR(3X).
+and tested for a match, as described in \fBmenu_driver\fP(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. 
+The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fP 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.
 .PP
-The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns the pattern buffer of the given
-\fImenu\fR.
+The function \fBmenu_pattern\fP returns the pattern buffer of the given
+\fImenu\fP.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-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.
+The function \fBmenu_pattern\fP returns a pointer,
+which is \fBNULL\fP 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 \fBerrno\fP.
 .PP
-The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR may return the following error codes:
+The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fP may return the following error codes:
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
@@ -71,15 +78,14 @@ No items are connected to menu.
 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
-The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
-\fB<curses.h>\fR.
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fP(3)).
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on
+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.
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%menu\fP(3X)