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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
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-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
- X/Open Curses documents the <EM>opts</EM> argument as reserved for future use,
- saying that it must be null. This implementation uses that parameter
- in ABI 6 for the functions which have a color-pair parameter to support
- extended color pairs:
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></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 one for a trailing null.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which modify the color, e.g., <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is
- set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to set the color
- pair instead of the <STRONG>short</STRONG> pair parameter.
+ When <EM>wch</EM> is not a null pointer, <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon successful
+ completion, and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> otherwise.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which retrieve the color, e.g., <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is
- set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to retrieve the
- color pair as an <STRONG>int</STRONG> value, in addition retrieving it via the
- standard pointer to <STRONG>short</STRONG> parameter.
+ Upon successful completion, <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. Otherwise, it returns
+ <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
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by any other means, the effect is unspecified.
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></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 one for a trailing null.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ X/Open Curses documents the <EM>opts</EM> argument as reserved for future use,
+ saying that it must be null. This implementation uses that parameter
+ in ABI 6 for the functions which have a color-pair parameter to support
+ extended color pairs:
- When <EM>wch</EM> is not a null pointer, <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon successful
- completion, and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> otherwise.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which modify the color, e.g., <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is
+ set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to set the color
+ pair instead of the <STRONG>short</STRONG> pair parameter.
- Upon successful completion, <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. Otherwise, it returns
- <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which retrieve the color, e.g., <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is
+ set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to retrieve the
+ color pair as an <STRONG>int</STRONG> value, in addition retrieving it via the
+ standard pointer to <STRONG>short</STRONG> parameter.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
-ncurses 6.4 2023-11-11 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-11-25 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
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-<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
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+<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li>
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