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man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions

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Updated: July 2017
 
 

echo_wchar(3XCURSES)

Name

echo_wchar, wecho_wchar - add a complex character and refresh window

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –I /usr/xpg4/include –L /usr/xpg4/lib \
–R /usr/xpg4/lib –lcurses [ library... ]

c89 [ flag... ] file... –lcurses [ library... ]
 
#include <curses.h>

int echo_wchar(const cchar_t *wch);
int wecho_wchar(WINDOW *win, const cchar_t *wch);

Description

The echo_wchar() function produces the same effect as calling add_wch(3XCURSES) and then refresh(3XCURSES). The wecho_wchar() function produces the same effect as calling wadd_wch(3XCURSES) and then wrefresh(3XCURSES).

Parameters

wch

Is a pointer to the complex character to be written to the window.

win

Is a pointer to the window in which the character is to be added.

Return Values

On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.

Errors

None.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability
Committed
MT-Level
Unsafe
Standard

See Also

add_wch(3XCURSES), doupdate(3XCURSES), echochar(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)