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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+* Module m_request_name                                                    *
+* Routines to handle external names of menu requests                       *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "menu.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: m_req_name.c,v 1.20 2008/09/13 18:59:17 tom Exp $")
+
+static const char *request_names[MAX_MENU_COMMAND - MIN_MENU_COMMAND + 1] =
+{
+  "LEFT_ITEM",
+  "RIGHT_ITEM",
+  "UP_ITEM",
+  "DOWN_ITEM",
+  "SCR_ULINE",
+  "SCR_DLINE",
+  "SCR_DPAGE",
+  "SCR_UPAGE",
+  "FIRST_ITEM",
+  "LAST_ITEM",
+  "NEXT_ITEM",
+  "PREV_ITEM",
+  "TOGGLE_ITEM",
+  "CLEAR_PATTERN",
+  "BACK_PATTERN",
+  "NEXT_MATCH",
+  "PREV_MATCH"
+};
+
+#define A_SIZE (sizeof(request_names)/sizeof(request_names[0]))
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  const char * menu_request_name (int request);
+|   
+|   Description   :  Get the external name of a menu request.
+|
+|   Return Values :  Pointer to name      - on success
+|                    NULL                 - on invalid request code
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(const char *)
+menu_request_name(int request)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("menu_request_name(%d)"), request));
+  if ((request < MIN_MENU_COMMAND) || (request > MAX_MENU_COMMAND))
+    {
+      SET_ERROR(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+      returnCPtr((const char *)0);
+    }
+  else
+    returnCPtr(request_names[request - MIN_MENU_COMMAND]);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int menu_request_by_name (const char *str);
+|   
+|   Description   :  Search for a request with this name.
+|
+|   Return Values :  Request Id       - on success
+|                    E_NO_MATCH       - request not found
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+menu_request_by_name(const char *str)
+{
+  /* because the table is so small, it doesn't really hurt
+     to run sequentially through it.
+   */
+  unsigned int i = 0;
+  char buf[16];
+
+  T((T_CALLED("menu_request_by_name(%s)"), _nc_visbuf(str)));
+
+  if (str)
+    {
+      strncpy(buf, str, sizeof(buf));
+      while ((i < sizeof(buf)) && (buf[i] != '\0'))
+	{
+	  buf[i] = toupper(UChar(buf[i]));
+	  i++;
+	}
+
+      for (i = 0; i < A_SIZE; i++)
+	{
+	  if (strncmp(request_names[i], buf, sizeof(buf)) == 0)
+	    returnCode(MIN_MENU_COMMAND + (int)i);
+	}
+    }
+  RETURN(E_NO_MATCH);
+}
+
+/* m_req_name.c ends here */