curs_inch(3X)

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

SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h> 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 position, their values are OR-ed into the value returned. Constants defined in <curses.h> 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.
A_CHARTEXT     Bit-mask to extract character
A_ATTRIBUTES   Bit-mask to extract attributes
A_COLOR        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).