NAME

inch, mvinch, mvwinch, winch - input a single-byte character and rendition from a window

 SYNOPSIS

#include <curses.h>

chtype inch(void);

chtype mvinch(int y, int x);

chtype mvwinch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);

chtype winch(WINDOW *win);

 DESCRIPTION

These functions return the character and rendition, of type chtype, at the current or specified position in the current or specified window.

 RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, the functions return the specified character and rendition. Otherwise, they return (chtype)ERR.

 ERRORS

No errors are defined.

 APPLICATION USAGE

These functions are only guaranteed to operate reliably on character sets in which each character fits into a single byte, whose attributes can be expressed using only constants with the A_ prefix.

 SEE ALSO

<curses.h>.