MENU_PATTERN(3) BSD Library Functions Manual MENU_PATTERN(3)NAME
menu_pattern, set_menu_pattern -- get or set menu pattern
LIBRARY
Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)
SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h>
char *
menu_pattern(MENU *menu);
DESCRIPTION
The menu_pattern() function returns a pointer to the string that is currently in the menu pattern buffer. The menu pattern buffer can be set
by calling set_menu_pattern() which will set the pattern buffer to the string passed and then attempt to match that string against the names
of the items in the attached items.
RETURN VALUES
The functions return one of the following error values:
E_OK The function was successful.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR There was a system error during the call.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
E_NO_MATCH The character search failed to find a match.
SEE ALSO curses(3), menus(3)NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.
BSD September 10, 1999 BSD
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menu_pattern(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions menu_pattern(3CURSES)NAME
menu_pattern, set_menu_pattern - set and get menus pattern match buffer
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu-lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>
char *menu_pattern(MENU *menu);
int set_menu_pattern(MENU *menu, char *pat);
DESCRIPTION
Every menu has a pattern buffer to match entered data with menu items. set_menu_pattern() sets the pattern buffer to pat and tries to find
the first item that matches the pattern. If it does, the matching item becomes the current item. If not, the current item does not change.
menu_pattern() returns the string in the pattern buffer of menu.
RETURN VALUES
menu_pattern() returns NULL on error. set_menu_pattern() returns one of the following:
E_OK The routine returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.
E_NO_MATCH The character failed to match.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.
SunOS 5.11 31 Dec 1996 menu_pattern(3CURSES)
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