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31 .TH curs_delch 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
47 delete a character from a \fIcurses\fR window
50 \fB#include <curses.h>
53 \fBint wdelch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP);
54 \fBint mvdelch(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
55 \fBint mvwdelch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
59 deletes the character at the cursor position in
61 \fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of this function.
64 moves all characters to the right of the cursor on the same line to the
65 left one position and replaces the contents of the rightmost position on
66 the line with the window's blank character;
68 (wide-character API users may consult \fB\%bkgrnd\fP(3X) instead).
69 The cursor position does not change
75 These functions return
83 pointer argument fail if the pointer is
86 Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
90 is outside the window boundaries.
96 may be implemented as macros.
102 is not necessarily employed.
105 Issue 4 describes these functions.
109 describes a successful return value only as
110 \*(``an integer value other than