X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmenu_driver.3x;h=5366040c18af024407a1157bcd58dd4004156626;hp=bf7d8770a449aaba5f7edd6c5f891dd1751bb55a;hb=1bdf9cf11520edfe2b931ead0335e7a1734792a8;hpb=3853a8e97d7efa8cb6a3c93c696d2c52895d6a70 diff --git a/man/menu_driver.3x b/man/menu_driver.3x index bf7d8770..5366040c 100644 --- a/man/menu_driver.3x +++ b/man/menu_driver.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 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 * @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: menu_driver.3x,v 1.14 2007/06/02 22:50:09 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: menu_driver.3x,v 1.15 2008/06/21 21:55:30 tom Exp $ .TH menu_driver 3X "" .SH NAME \fBmenu_driver\fR - command-processing loop of the menu system @@ -37,9 +37,21 @@ int menu_driver(MENU *menu, int c); .br .SH DESCRIPTION Once a menu has been posted (displayed), you should funnel input events to it -through \fBmenu_driver\fR. This routine has three major input cases; either -the input is a menu navigation request, it is a printable ASCII character or it -is the KEY_MOUSE special key associated with an mouse event. +through \fBmenu_driver\fR. This routine has three major input cases: +.TP 3 +- +The input is a form navigation request. +Navigation request codes are constants defined in \fB\fP, +which are distinct from the key- and character codes returned by \fBwgetch\fP. +.TP 3 +- +The input is a printable character. +Printable characters (which must be positive, less than 256) are +checked according to the program's locale settings. +.TP 3 +- +The input is the KEY_MOUSE special key associated with an mouse event. +.PP The menu driver requests are as follows: .TP 5 REQ_LEFT_ITEM @@ -93,7 +105,7 @@ Move to the next item matching the pattern match. REQ_PREV_MATCH Move to the previous item matching the pattern match. .PP -If the second argument is a printable ASCII character, the code appends +If the second argument is a printable character, the code appends it to the pattern buffer and attempts to move to the next item matching the new pattern. If there is no such match, \fBmenu_driver\fR returns \fBE_NO_MATCH\fR and deletes the appended character from the buffer. @@ -147,11 +159,11 @@ If a translation into a request was done, \fBmenu_driver\fR returns the result of this request. .RE .PP -If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event couldn't be translated +If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event could not be translated into a menu request an \fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR is returned. .SS APPLICATION-DEFINED COMMANDS .PP -If the second argument is neither printable ASCII nor one of the above +If the second argument is neither printable nor one of the above pre-defined menu requests or KEY_MOUSE, the drive assumes it is an application-specific command and returns \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR. Application-defined commands should be defined relative to \fBMAX_COMMAND\fR, the maximum value of these @@ -183,7 +195,9 @@ Character failed to match. .B E_REQUEST_DENIED The menu driver could not process the request. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X). +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBmenu\fR(3X), +\fBwgetch\fR(3X). .SH NOTES The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files \fB\fR.