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31 .TH curs_in_wch 3X 2024-05-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
47 get a \fIcurses\fR complex character from a window
50 \fB#include <curses.h>
52 \fBint in_wch(cchar_t * \fIwch\fP);
53 \fBint win_wch(WINDOW * \fIwin\fP, cchar_t * \fIwch\fP);
54 \fBint mvin_wch(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, cchar_t * \fIwch\fP);
55 \fBint mvwin_wch(WINDOW * \fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, cchar_t * \fIwch\fP);
61 complex character at the cursor position in
65 Use \fB\%getcchar\fP(3X) to extract its character code,
67 and color pair identifier.
68 \fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of this function.
70 These functions return
86 Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
90 is outside the window boundaries.
96 may be implemented as macros.
98 Unlike \fB\%winch\fP(3X),
100 and its variants store the value of the retrieved character in an
103 parameter instead of the return value.
106 Issue 4 describes these functions.
107 It specifies no error conditions for them.
109 \fB\%curs_inch\fP(3X) describes comparable functions of the
111 library in its non-wide-character configuration.
114 \fB\%curs_inwstr\fP(3X)