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curs_inch(3)
NAME
  curs_inch, inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch - Get a character and its
  attributes from a Curses window

LIBRARY
  Curses Library (libcurses.a, libcurses.so)

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);

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  inch, winch, mvinch, mvwinch:	  XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

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 combined (through an inclusive OR operation) 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 used (logical AND) 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


NOTES
  The header file curses.h automatically includes the header file stdio.h.

  Note that all of these routines may be macros.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Functions: curses(3)

  Others: standards(5)