#include<menu.h>
int set_menu_pattern(MENU *menu, const char *pattern);
char *menu_pattern(const MENU *menu);
-
-
DESCRIPTION
- 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,
+
+ 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
+ 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 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
+ 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-
+ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
E_BAD_STATE
@@ -103,36 +100,39 @@
System error occurred (see errno).
-