MENU_DRIVER(3)

NAME
menu_driver - menu library

LIBRARY
libmenu

SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h>
int
menu_driver(MENU *menu, int c);

DESCRIPTION
The menu_driver() function is the guts of the menu system. It takes the commands passed by c parameter and performs the requested action on the menu given. The following commands may be given to the menu driver:

Command			Action

REQ_LEFT_ITEM		Sets the new current item to be the item to
			the left of the current item.
REQ_RIGHT_ITEM		Sets the new current item to be the item to
			the rights of the current item.
REQ_UP_ITEM		Sets the new current item to be the item above
			the current item.
REQ_DOWN_ITEM		Sets the new current item to be the item below
			the current item.
REQ_SCR_ULINE		Scroll the menu one line towards the bottom of
			the menu window.  The new current item becomes the
			item immediately above the current item.
REQ_SCR_DLINE		Scroll the menu one line towards the top of
			the menu window.  The new current item becomes
			the item immediately below the current item.
REQ_SCR_DPAGE		Scroll the menu one page towards the bottom of
			the menu window.
REQ_SCR_UPAGE		Scroll the menu one page towards the top of
			the menu window.
REQ_FIRST_ITEM		Set the current item to be the first item in
			the menu.
REQ_LAST_ITEM		Set the current item to be the last item in
			the menu.
REQ_NEXT_ITEM		Set the new current item to be the next item
			in the item array after the current item.
REQ_PREV_ITEM		Set the new current item to be the item before
			the current item in the items array.
REQ_TOGGLE_ITEM		If the item is selectable then toggle the
			item's value.
REQ_CLEAR_PATTERN	Clear all the characters currently in the
			menu's pattern buffer.
REQ_BACK_PATTERN	Remove the last character from the pattern
			buffer.
REQ_NEXT_MATCH		Attempt to find the next item that matches the
			pattern buffer.
REQ_PREV_MATCH		Attempt to find the previous item that matches
			the pattern buffer.
If menu_driver() is passed a command that is greater than MAX_COMMAND then the command passed is assumed to be a user defined command and menu_driver() returns E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND. Otherwise if the command is a printable character then the character represented by the command is placed at the end of the pattern buffer and an attempt is made to match the pattern buffer against the items in the menu.

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_NOT_POSTED		The menu is not posted
E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND	The menu driver does not recognise the request
			passed to it.
E_NO_MATCH		The character search failed to find a match.
E_NOT_CONNECTED		The item is not connected to a menu.
E_REQUEST_DENIED	The menu driver could not process the request.

SEE ALSO
curses(3), menus(3)

NOTES
The header <menus.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>