- 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).
+
+ 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 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 given menu.
+ The function menu_pattern returns the pattern buffer of the given menu.
-
- 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.
+
+ 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.
- The function set_menu_pattern may return the following
- error codes:
+ The function set_menu_pattern may return the following error codes:
E_OK The routine succeeded.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
- Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
- ment.
+ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
E_BAD_STATE
- Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
- tion function.
+ Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
E_NOT_CONNECTED
No items are connected to menu.
@@ -101,34 +89,30 @@
Character failed to match.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR
- System error occurred (see errno).
+ System error occurred (see errno(3)).
-