curs_inch(3X)							 curs_inch(3X)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     curs_inch:	inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch - get a character and its
     attributes	from a curses window

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #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    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]
     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     curses(3X)


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