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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_delch.3x,v 1.9 2010/07/31 16:12:01 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_delch 3X ""
+.\" $Id: curs_delch.3x,v 1.34 2024/04/20 19:24:14 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_delch 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el .ds '' ""
+.\}
.SH NAME
-\fBdelch\fR,
-\fBwdelch\fR,
-\fBmvdelch\fR,
-\fBmvwdelch\fR \- delete character under the cursor in a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fB\%delch\fP,
+\fB\%wdelch\fP,
+\fB\%mvdelch\fP,
+\fB\%mvwdelch\fP \-
+delete a character from a \fIcurses\fR window
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-.sp
-\fBint delch(void);\fR
-.br
-\fBint wdelch(WINDOW *win);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvdelch(int y, int x);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvwdelch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);\fR
-.br
+.nf
+\fB#include <curses.h>
+.PP
+\fBint delch(void);
+\fBint wdelch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP);
+\fBint mvdelch(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
+\fBint mvwdelch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-These routines delete the character under the cursor; all characters to the
-right of the cursor on the same line are moved to the left one position and the
-last character on the line is filled with a blank. The cursor position does
-not change (after moving to \fIy\fR, \fIx\fR, if specified). (This does not
-imply use of the hardware delete character feature.)
+.B \%wdelch
+deletes the character at the cursor position in
+.IR win .
+\fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of this function.
+.PP
+.B \%wdelch
+moves all characters to the right of the cursor on the same line to the
+left one position and replaces the contents of the rightmost position on
+the line with the window's blank character;
+see \fB\%bkgd\fP(3X)
+(wide-character API users may consult \fB\%bkgrnd\fP(3X) instead).
+The cursor position does not change
+(after moving to
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x ),
+if specified).
.SH RETURN VALUE
-All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an \fBOK\fR (SVr4
-specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful
-completion.
+These functions return
+.B OK
+on success and
+.B ERR
+on failure.
+.PP
+Functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument fail if the pointer is
+.BR NULL .
+.PP
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
.SH NOTES
-Note that \fBdelch\fR, \fBmvdelch\fR, and \fBmvwdelch\fR may be macros.
+.BR \%delch ,
+.BR \%mvdelch ,
+and
+.B \%mvwdelch
+may be implemented as macros.
+.PP
+A terminal's
+.B \%delete_character
+.RB ( dch1 )
+capability
+is not necessarily employed.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The
-standard specifies that they return \fBERR\fR on failure, but specifies no
-error conditions.
+X/Open Curses,
+Issue 4 describes these functions.
+.PP
+SVr4
+.I curses
+describes a successful return value only as
+\*(``an integer value other than
+.BR ERR \*(''.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X)
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X)
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