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 );

LIBRARY

Curses Library (libcurses)

STANDARDS

Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch:  XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. 

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 combined (through an inclusive OR operation) 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 used (logical AND) with characters returned by winch. 

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

The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the header file <stdio.h>. 

Note that all of these routines may be macros. 

SEE ALSO

Functions: curses(3)

Others: standards(5)