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+.\" $Id: menu_pattern.3x,v 1.11 2008/06/21 21:58:20 tom Exp $
+.TH menu_pattern 3X ""
+.SH NAME
+\fBmenu_pattern\fR - get and set a menu's pattern buffer
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fB#include <menu.h>\fR
+.br
+int set_menu_pattern(MENU *menu, const char *pattern);
+.br
+char *menu_pattern(const MENU *menu);
+.br
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+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 \fBmenu_driver\fR(3X).
+.PP
+The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR 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. 
+.PP
+The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns the pattern buffer of the given
+\fImenu\fR.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns a pointer, which is \fBNULL\fR if the \fImenu\fP parameter is \fBNULL\fP.
+Otherwise, it is a pointer to a string which is empty if no pattern has been set.
+It does not set errno.
+.PP
+The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR may return the following error codes:
+.TP 5
+.B E_OK
+The routine succeeded.
+.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_CONNECTED
+No items are connected to menu.
+.TP 5
+.B E_NO_MATCH
+Character failed to match.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
+.SH NOTES
+The header file \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
+\fB<curses.h>\fR.
+.SH PORTABILITY
+These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on
+Version 7 or BSD versions.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
+S. Raymond.
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