curs_inch(3X)
curs_inch: inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch - get a character and its attributes from a curses window
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NAME curs_inch: inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch - get a character and its attributes from a curses window SYNOPSIS #include <curses.h> chtype inch(void); chtype winch(WINDOW *win); chtype mvinch(int y, int x); chtype mvwinch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x); DESCRIPTION These routines return the character, of type chtype, at the current position in the named window. If any attributes are set for that position, their values are OR-ed into the value returned. Constants defined in curses.h can be used with the & (logical AND) operator to extract the character or attributes alone. Attributes The following bit-masks may be AND-ed with characters returned by winch. A_CHARTEXT Bit-mask to extract character A_ATTRIBUTESBit-mask to extract attributes A_COLOR Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information NOTES The header file curses.h automatically includes the header files stdio.h and unctrl.h. Note that all of these routines may be macros. SEE ALSO curses(3X)