NAME
menu_pattern,
set_menu_pattern
- get or set menu pattern
LIBRARY
Curses Menu Library (libmenu, -lmenu)
SYNOPSIS
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>.