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-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
rendition from a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> argument. When <EM>wch</EM> is not a null
pointer, the <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> function does the following:
- - Extracts information from a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> value <EM>wcval</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Extracts information from a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> value <EM>wcval</EM>
- - Stores the character attributes in the location
- pointed to by <EM>attrs</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Stores the character attributes in the location
+ pointed to by <EM>attrs</EM>
- - Stores the color-pair in the location pointed to by
- <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Stores the color-pair in the location pointed to by
+ <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
- - Stores the wide-character string, characters refer-
- enced by <EM>wcval</EM>, into the array pointed to by <EM>wch</EM>.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Stores the wide-character string, characters refer-
+ enced by <EM>wcval</EM>, into the array pointed to by <EM>wch</EM>.
When <EM>wch</EM> is a null pointer, the <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> function does the
following:
- - Obtains the number of wide characters pointed to by
- <EM>wcval</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Obtains the number of wide characters pointed to by
+ <EM>wcval</EM>
- - Does not change the data referenced by <EM>attrs</EM> or
- <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Does not change the data referenced by <EM>attrs</EM> or
+ <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
The <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> function initializes the location pointed to
by <EM>wcval</EM> by using:
- - The character attributes in <EM>attrs</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The character attributes in <EM>attrs</EM>
- - The color pair in <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The color pair in <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
- - The wide-character string pointed to by <EM>wch</EM>. The
- string must be L'\0' terminated, contain at most one
- character with strictly positive width, which must be
- the first, and contain no characters of negative
- width.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The wide-character string pointed to by <EM>wch</EM>. The
+ string must be L'\0' terminated, contain at most one
+ spacing character, which must be the first.
+
+ Up to <STRONG>CCHARW_MAX</STRONG>-1 nonspacing characters may follow.
+ Additional nonspacing characters are ignored.
+
+ The string may contain a single control character
+ instead. In that case, no nonspacing characters are
+ allowed.
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
- The <EM>opts</EM> argument is reserved for future use. Currently,
+ The <EM>opts</EM> argument is reserved for future use. Currently,
an application must provide a null pointer as <EM>opts</EM>.
- The <EM>wcval</EM> argument may be a value generated by a call to
- <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> or by a function that has a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> output argu-
- ment. If <EM>wcval</EM> is constructed by any other means, the
+ The <EM>wcval</EM> argument may be a value generated by a call to
+ <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> or by a function that has a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> output argu-
+ ment. If <EM>wcval</EM> is constructed by any other means, the
effect is unspecified.
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-<H2>RETURN VALUES</H2><PRE>
+<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
When <EM>wch</EM> is a null pointer, <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> returns the number of
- wide characters referenced by <EM>wcval</EM>, including the null
- terminator.
+ wide characters referenced by <EM>wcval</EM>, including one for a
+ trailing null.
- When <EM>wch</EM> is not a null pointer, <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon
+ When <EM>wch</EM> is not a null pointer, <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon
successful completion, and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> otherwise.
- Upon successful completion, <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. Other-
+ Upon successful completion, <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. Other-
wise, it returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- Functions: <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="wcwidth.3x.html">wcwidth(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr_get.3x.html">curs_attr_get(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="can_change_color.3x.html">can_change_color(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ Functions: <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="wcwidth.3.html">wcwidth(3)</A></STRONG>.
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
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