curs_inch()

NAME

inch(), winch(), mvinch(), mvwinch() - get a character and 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);

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(3).

A_CHARTEXT	Bit-mask to extract character
A_ATTRIBUTES	Bit-mask to extract attributes
A_COLOR	Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information

NOTES

Note that all of these routines may be macros.

PORTABILITY

These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.