ncurses 5.7 - patch 20110115

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

diff --git a/man/menu_pattern.3x b/man/menu_pattern.3x
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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

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-.\" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.8 2003/05/10 20:22:01 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.13 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $

 .TH menu_pattern 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .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
 .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
 .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).
 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. 
 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. 

-
+.PP

 The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns the pattern buffer of the given
 \fImenu\fR.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 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
 .TP 5

-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK

 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
 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
 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.
 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
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES


@@ -74,9 +83,3 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
 S. Raymond.

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