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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/menu_driver.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/menu_driver.3x new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cffd08d --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/menu_driver.3x @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" * +.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * +.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * +.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * +.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * +.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * +.\" * +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * +.\" * +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * +.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * +.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * +.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * +.\" * +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * +.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * +.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * +.\" authorization. * +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" +.'" $Id: menu_driver.3x,v 1.8 1999/01/09 22:55:18 tom Exp $ +.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; either +the input is a menu navigation request, it's a printable ASCII character or it +is the KEY_MOUSE special key associated with an mouse event. +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 ASCII 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. +.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. If you click above the +display region of the menu, a REQ_SCR_ULINE is generated, if you +doubleclick a REQ_SCR_UPAGE is generated and if you tripleclick a +REQ_FIRST_ITEM is generated. If you click below the display region of +the menu, a REQ_SCR_DLINE is generated, if you doubleclick a REQ_SCR_DPAGE +is generated and if you tripleclick a REQ_LAST_ITEM is generated. If you +click at an item inside the display area of the menu, the menu cursor +is positioned to that item. If you double-click at 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's exactly the purpose of this return value to signal that an +application specific command should be executed. If a translation +into a request was done, \fBmenu_driver\fR returns the result of this request. +If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event couldn't be translated +into a menu request an \fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR is returned. +.PP +If the second argument is neither printable ASCII 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 +\fBE_OK\fR +The routine succeeded. +.TP 5 +\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR +System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). +.TP 5 +\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR +Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. +.TP 5 +\fBE_BAD_STATE\fR +Routine was called from an initialization or termination function. +.TP 5 +\fBE_NOT_POSTED\fR +The menu has not been posted. +.TP 5 +\fBE_UNKNOWN_COMMAND\fR +The menu driver code saw an unknown request code. +.TP 5 +\fBE_NO_MATCH\fR +Character failed to match. +.TP 5 +\fBE_REQUEST_DENIED\fR +The menu driver could not process the request. +.SH SEE ALSO +\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\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. +.\"# +.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS +.\"# Local Variables: +.\"# mode:nroff +.\"# fill-column:79 +.\"# End: |
