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curs_get_wch(3)						       curs_get_wch(3)

NAME
       get_wch, wget_wch, mvget_wch, mvwget_wch, unget_wch - get (or push
       back) a wide character from curses terminal keyboard

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curses.h>

       int get_wch(wint_t *wch);
       int wget_wch(WINDOW *win, wint_t *wch);
       int mvget_wch(int y, int x, wint_t *wch);
       int mvwget_wch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, wint_t *wch);
       int unget_wch(const wchar_t wch);

DESCRIPTION
       The get_wch, wget_wch, mvget_wch, and mvwget_wch functions read a
       character from the terminal associated with the current or specified
       window.	In no-delay mode, if no input is waiting, the value ERR is
       returned.  In delay mode, the program waits until the system passes
       text through to the program.  Depending on the setting of cbreak, this
       is after one character (cbreak mode), or after the first newline
       (nocbreak mode).	 In half-delay mode, the program waits until the user
       types a character or the specified timeout interval has elapsed.

       Unless noecho has been set, these routines echo the character into the
       designated window.

       If the window is not a pad and has been moved or modified since the
       last call to wrefresh, wrefresh will be called before another character
       is read.

       If keypad is enabled, these functions respond to the pressing of a
       function key by setting the object pointed to by wch to the
       corresponding KEY_ value defined in <curses.h> and returning
       KEY_CODE_YES.  If a character (such as escape) that could be the
       beginning of a function key is received, curses sets a timer.  If the
       remainder of the sequence does arrive within the designated time,
       curses passes through the character; otherwise, curses returns the
       function key value.  For this reason, many terminals experience a delay
       between the time a user presses the escape key and the time the escape
       is returned to the program.

       The unget_wch function pushes the wide character wch back onto the head
       of the input queue, so the wide character is returned by the next call
       to get_wch.  The pushback of one character is guaranteed.  If the
       program calls unget_wch too many times without an intervening call to
       get_wch, the operation may fail.

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

       Applications should not define the escape key by itself as a
       single-character function.

       When using get_wch, wget_wch, mvget_wch, or mvwget_wch, applications
       should not use nocbreak mode and echo mode at the same time.  Depending
       on the state of the tty driver when each character is typed, the
       program may produce undesirable results.

       All functions except wget_wch and unget_wch may be macros.

RETURN VALUES
       When get_wch, wget_wch, mvget_wch, and mvwget_wch functions
       successfully report the pressing of a function key, they return
       KEY_CODE_YES.  When they successfully report a wide character, they
       return OK.  Otherwise, they return ERR.

       Upon successful completion, unget_wch returns OK.  Otherwise, the
       function returns ERR.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3), curs_getch(3), curs_ins_wch(3), curs_inopts(3),
       curs_move(3), curs_refresh(3)

								 March 1, 2011
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