redhat man page for inch

curs_inch(3X)															     curs_inch(3X)

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);

DESCRIPTION
       These routines return the character, of type chtype, at the current position in the named window.  If any attributes are set for that posi-
       tion, 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_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.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X).

																     curs_inch(3X)