curs_inch(3X)                                                 curs_inch(3X)


   NAME
         cursinch:  inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch - get a character and its
         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
         With these routines, the character, of type chtype, at the current
         position in the named window is returned.  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.

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

   NOTES
         The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the header files
         <stdio.h> and <unctrl.h>.

         Note that all of these routines may be macros.

   SEE ALSO
         curses(3X).


















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