redhat man page for winch

Query: winch

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Section: 3x

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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)
Related Man Pages
curs_inch(3x) - centos
inch(3curses) - opensolaris
mvwinch(3curses) - opensolaris
mvinch(3x) - freebsd
inch(3x) - freebsd
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