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.TH curs_inch 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBinch\fR, \fBwinch\fR, \fBmvinch\fR, \fBmvwinch\fR
- get a character and attributes from a \fBcurses\fR window
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-
+.sp
\fBchtype inch(void);\fR
.br
\fBchtype winch(WINDOW *win);\fR
their values are OR'ed into the value returned. Constants defined in
\fB<curses.h>\fR can be used with the \fB&\fR (logical AND) operator to
extract the character or attributes alone.
-
+.
.SS Attributes
The following bit-masks may be AND-ed with characters returned by \fBwinch\fR.
-
+.
.TS
l l .
\fBA_CHARTEXT\fR Bit-mask to extract character
\fBA_ATTRIBUTES\fR Bit-mask to extract attributes
-\fBA_COLOR\fR Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information
+\fBA_COLOR\fR Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information
.TE
.SH NOTES
Note that all of these routines may be macros.
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X).
+.PP
+Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
+described in
+\fBcurs_in_wch\fR(3X).
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