curs_inch(3curses)                                curs_inch(3curses)


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

       SYNOPSIS
             cc [flag . . .] file -lcurses [library . . .]
             #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

       REFERENCES
             curses(3curses)

       NOTICES
             The header file curses.h automatically includes the header
             files stdio.h and unctrl.h.

             Note that all of these routines may be macros.









                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1