curs_inch(3curses)
curs_inch: inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch --
get a character and its attributes from a curses window
Synopsis
cc [flag . . .] file -lcurses [library . . .]
#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 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.
- A_CHARTEXT
-
Bit-mask to extract character
- A_ATTRIBUTES
-
Bit-mask to extract attributes
- A_COLOR
-
Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information
References
curses(3curses)
Notices
The header file curses.h automatically includes the header files
stdio.h and unctrl.h.
Note that all of these routines may be macros.
30 January 1998
© 1998 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All rights reserved.