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| .TH menu_driver 3X "" |
| .SH NAME |
| \fBmenu_driver\fR - command-processing loop of the menu system |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| \fB#include <menu.h>\fR |
| .br |
| 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: |
| .TP 3 |
| - |
| The input is a form navigation request. |
| Navigation request codes are constants defined in \fB<form.h>\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 |
| Move left to an item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_RIGHT_ITEM |
| Move right to an item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_UP_ITEM |
| Move up to an item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_DOWN_ITEM |
| Move down to an item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_SCR_ULINE |
| Scroll up a line. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_SCR_DLINE |
| Scroll down a line. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_SCR_DPAGE |
| Scroll down a page. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_SCR_UPAGE |
| Scroll up a page. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_FIRST_ITEM |
| Move to the first item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_LAST_ITEM |
| Move to the last item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_NEXT_ITEM |
| Move to the next item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_PREV_ITEM |
| Move to the previous item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_TOGGLE_ITEM |
| Select/deselect an item. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_CLEAR_PATTERN |
| Clear the menu pattern buffer. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_BACK_PATTERN |
| Delete the previous character from the pattern buffer. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_NEXT_MATCH |
| Move to the next item matching the pattern match. |
| .TP 5 |
| REQ_PREV_MATCH |
| Move to the previous item matching the pattern match. |
| .PP |
| 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. |
| .PP |
| If the second argument is one of the above pre-defined requests, the |
| corresponding action is performed. |
| .SS MOUSE HANDLING |
| .PP |
| If the second argument is the KEY_MOUSE special key, the associated |
| mouse event is translated into one of the above pre-defined requests. |
| Currently only clicks in the user window (e.g. inside the menu display |
| area or the decoration window) are handled. |
| .PP |
| If you click above the display region of the menu: |
| .RS |
| .TP |
| a REQ_SCR_ULINE is generated for a single click, |
| .TP |
| a REQ_SCR_UPAGE is generated for a double-click and |
| .TP |
| a REQ_FIRST_ITEM is generated for a triple-click. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| If you click below the display region of the menu: |
| .RS |
| .TP |
| a REQ_SCR_DLINE is generated for a single click, |
| .TP |
| a REQ_SCR_DPAGE is generated for a double-click and |
| .TP |
| a REQ_LAST_ITEM is generated for a triple-click. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| If you click at an item inside the display area of the menu: |
| .RS |
| .TP 3 |
| - |
| the menu cursor is positioned to that item. |
| .TP 3 |
| - |
| If you double-click an item a REQ_TOGGLE_ITEM |
| is generated and \fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR is returned. |
| This return value makes sense, |
| because a double click usually means that an item-specific action should |
| be returned. |
| It is exactly the purpose of this return value to signal that an |
| application specific command should be executed. |
| .TP 3 |
| - |
| 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 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 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 |
| pre-defined requests. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| \fBmenu_driver\fR return one of the following error codes: |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_OK |
| The routine succeeded. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR |
| System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_BAD_ARGUMENT |
| Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_BAD_STATE |
| Routine was called from an initialization or termination function. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_NOT_POSTED |
| The menu has not been posted. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND |
| The menu driver code saw an unknown request code. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_NO_MATCH |
| Character failed to match. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B E_REQUEST_DENIED |
| The menu driver could not process the request. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| \fBcurses\fR(3X), |
| \fBmenu\fR(3X), |
| \fBwgetch\fR(3X). |
| .SH NOTES |
| The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header files |
| \fB<curses.h>\fR. |
| .SH PORTABILITY |
| These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on |
| Version 7 or BSD versions. The support for mouse events is ncurses specific. |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric |
| S. Raymond. |
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