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Unless <STRONG>noecho</STRONG> has been set, then the character will also
be echoed into the designated window according to the fol-
- lowing rules: If the character is the current erase char-
+ lowing rules: if the character is the current erase char-
acter, left arrow, or backspace, the cursor is moved one
space to the left and that screen position is erased as if
<STRONG>delch</STRONG> had been called. If the character value is any oth-
be returned by the next call to <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>. There is just one
input queue for all windows.
-
<STRONG>Function</STRONG> <STRONG>Keys</STRONG>
The following function keys, defined in <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>, might
be returned by <STRONG>getch</STRONG> if <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> has been enabled. Note
KEY_REPLACE Replace key
KEY_RESIZE Screen resized
KEY_RESTART Restart key
- KEY_RESUME Resume key
+ KEY_RESUME Resume key
KEY_SAVE Save key
KEY_SBEG Shifted beginning key
KEY_SCANCEL Shifted cancel key
sion of <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>.
-
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
All routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and an
integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> (<STRONG>OK</STRONG> in the case of ungetch())
upon successful completion.
- <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>
- returns an error if there is no more room in
- the FIFO.
+ <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>
+ returns ERR if there is no more room in the FIFO.
+
+ <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>
+ returns ERR if the window pointer is null, or if
+ its timeout expires without having any data.
- <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>
- returns an error if the window pointer is
- null, or if its timeout expires without having
- any data.
+ Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move-
+ ment using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is
+ outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.
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says that <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> is control/M, <STRONG>getch</STRONG> will return
<STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> when you press control/M.
+ Generally, <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> denotes the character(s) sent by the
+ <EM>Enter</EM> key on the numeric keypad:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the terminal description lists the most useful keys,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>Enter</EM> key on the regular keyboard is already han-
+ dled by the standard ASCII characters for carriage-re-
+ turn and line-feed,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> depending on whether <STRONG>nl</STRONG> or <STRONG>nonl</STRONG> was called, pressing
+ "Enter" on the regular keyboard may return either a
+ carriage-return or line-feed, and finally
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> "Enter or send" is the standard description for this
+ key.
+
When using <STRONG>getch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvgetch</STRONG>, or <STRONG>mvwgetch</STRONG>, nocbreak
mode (<STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG>) and echo mode (<STRONG>echo</STRONG>) should not be used at
the same time. Depending on the state of the tty driver
documentation. Under historical curses implementations,
it varied depending on whether the operating system's im-
plementation of handled signal receipt interrupts a
- <STRONG><A HREF="read.2.html">read(2)</A></STRONG> call in progress or not, and also (in some imple-
+ <STRONG>read(2)</STRONG> call in progress or not, and also (in some imple-
mentations) depending on whether an input timeout or non-
blocking mode has been set.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>re-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">sizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) li-
+ Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) li-
brary are described in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>.