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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
@@ -28,32 +28,39 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_inch.3x,v 1.28 2022/02/12 20:07:29 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_inch 3X ""
-.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
-.el .ds `` ``
-.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
-.el .ds '' ''
+.\" $Id: curs_inch.3x,v 1.51 2024/04/20 21:20:07 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_inch 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses 6.5" "Library calls"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el .ds '' ""
+.\}
+.
.de bP
.ie n .IP \(bu 4
.el .IP \(bu 2
..
.SH NAME
-\fBinch\fP,
-\fBwinch\fP,
-\fBmvinch\fP,
-\fBmvwinch\fP \- get a character and attributes from a \fBcurses\fP window
+\fB\%inch\fP,
+\fB\%winch\fP,
+\fB\%mvinch\fP,
+\fB\%mvwinch\fP \-
+get a \fIcurses\fR character from a window
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
-.sp
-\fBchtype inch(void);\fP
-.br
-\fBchtype winch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fB);\fR
-.sp
-\fBchtype mvinch(int \fIy\fB, int \fIx\fB);\fR
-.br
-\fBchtype mvwinch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fB, int \fIy\fB, int \fIx\fB);\fR
-.br
+.nf
+\fB#include <curses.h>
+.PP
+\fBchtype inch(void);
+\fBchtype winch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP);
+.PP
+\fBchtype mvinch(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
+\fBchtype mvwinch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
These routines return the character, of type \fBchtype\fP, at the current
position in the named window.
@@ -64,18 +71,23 @@ Constants defined in
extract the character or attributes alone.
.
.SS Attributes
-The following bit-masks may be AND-ed with characters returned by \fBwinch\fP.
-.
+The following bit masks may be AND-ed with characters returned by \fBwinch\fP.
+.PP
.TS
-l l .
-\fBA_CHARTEXT\fP Bit-mask to extract character
-\fBA_ATTRIBUTES\fP Bit-mask to extract attributes
-\fBA_COLOR\fP Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information
+Lb Lb
+Lb Lx.
+Name Description
+_
+A_CHARTEXT Extract character
+A_ATTRIBUTES Extract attributes
+A_COLOR Extract color pair information
.TE
.SH RETURN VALUE
-Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform a cursor movement using
-\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
-or if the window pointer is null.
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
.PP
The \fBwinch\fP function does not return an error if the window contains
characters larger than 8-bits (255).
@@ -83,7 +95,7 @@ Only the low-order 8 bits of the character are used by \fBwinch\fP.
.SH NOTES
Note that all of these routines may be macros.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+These functions are described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
.PP
Very old systems (before standardization) provide a different function
with the same name:
@@ -107,13 +119,10 @@ This implementation uses 8 bits for character values.
An application using more bits, e.g., a Unicode value,
should use the wide-character equivalents to these functions.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.TP 5
-\fBcurses\fP(3X)
-gives an overview of the WINDOW and \fBchtype\fP data types.
-.TP 5
-\fBcurs_attr\fP(3X)
-goes into more detail, pointing out portability problems and
-constraints on the use of \fBchtype\fP for returning window information.
-.TP 5
-\fBcurs_in_wch\fP(3X)
-describes comparable functions for the wide-character (ncursesw) library.
+\fB\%curs_in_wch\fP(3X) describes comparable functions of the
+.I \%ncurses
+library in its wide-character configuration
+.RI ( \%ncursesw ).
+.PP
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_instr\fP(3X)