cursinch(3X)                                                    cursinch(3X)



NAME
       inch,  winch,  mvinch,  mvwinch - get a character and attributes from a
       curses window

SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>

       chtype inch(void);;
       chtype winch(WINDOW **win);;
       chtype mvinch(int y,, int x);;
       chtype mvwinch(WINDOW **win,, int y,, int x);;

DESCRIPTION
       These routines return the character, of type  chtype,  at  the  current
       position in the named window.  If any attributes are set for that posi-
       tion, their values  are  OR'ed  into  the  value  returned.   Constants
       defined  in <> can be used with the && (logical AND) operator to
       extract the character or attributes alone.


   Attributes
       The following bit-masks may  be  AND-ed  with  characters  returned  by
       winch.


       ACHARTEXT     Bit-mask to extract character
       ATRIBUTES   Bit-mask to extract attributes
       ACOLOR        Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information

NOTES
       Note that all of these routines may be macros.

PORTABILITY
       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X).



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