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<H1>menu_pattern 3x</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>menu_pattern</STRONG> - get and set a menu's pattern buffer
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG>
int set_menu_pattern(MENU *menu, const char *pattern);
char *menu_pattern(const MENU *menu);
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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 <STRONG><A HREF="menu_driver.3x.html">menu_driver(3x)</A></STRONG>.
The function <STRONG>set_menu_pattern</STRONG> 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 <STRONG>menu_pattern</STRONG> returns the pattern buffer of
the given <EM>menu</EM>.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
The function <STRONG>menu_pattern</STRONG> returns a pointer, which is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>
if the <EM>menu</EM> parameter is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>. Otherwise, it is a pointer
to a string which is empty if no pattern has been set. It
does not set errno.
The function <STRONG>set_menu_pattern</STRONG> may return the following
error codes:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
<STRONG>E_BAD_STATE</STRONG>
Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
tion function.
<STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG>
No items are connected to menu.
<STRONG>E_NO_MATCH</STRONG>
Character failed to match.
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="menu.3x.html">menu(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
The header file <STRONG>&lt;menu.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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