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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
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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<H2>NOTES</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>.
+ 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>.
+
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>