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cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library .. ] #include <curses.h>chtype inwch(void);
These routines return the wchar_t 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.
A_WCHARTEXT Bit-mask to extract character A_WATTRIBUTES Bit-mask to extract attributes
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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MT-Level | Unsafe |
The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the header files <stdio.h>, <unctrl.h> and <widec.h>.
Note that all of these routines may be macros.
None of these routines can use the color attribute in chtype.
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO | NOTES