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<H1 class="no-header">curs_getch 3x</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>getch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvgetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwgetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>has_key</STRONG> - get
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(or push back) characters from <STRONG>curses</STRONG> terminal keyboard
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<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
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<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>getch(void);</STRONG>
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<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wgetch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
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<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvgetch(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x);</STRONG>
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<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwgetch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x);</STRONG>
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<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ungetch(int</STRONG> <STRONG>ch);</STRONG>
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<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>has_key(int</STRONG> <STRONG>ch);</STRONG>
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<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
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The <STRONG>getch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvgetch</STRONG> and <STRONG>mvwgetch</STRONG>, routines read a
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character from the window. In no-delay mode, if no input
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is waiting, the value <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> is returned. In delay mode, the
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program waits until the system passes text through to the
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program. Depending on the setting of <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG>, this is af-
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ter one character (cbreak mode), or after the first new-
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line (nocbreak mode). In half-delay mode, the program
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waits until a character is typed or the specified timeout
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has been reached.
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If <STRONG>echo</STRONG> is enabled, and the window is not a pad, then the
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character will also be echoed into the designated window
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according to the following rules:
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> If the character is the current erase character, left
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arrow, or backspace, the cursor is moved one space to
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the left and that screen position is erased as if
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<STRONG>delch</STRONG> had been called.
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> If the character value is any other <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> define, the
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user is alerted with a <STRONG>beep</STRONG> call.
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> If the character is a carriage-return, and if <STRONG>nl</STRONG> is
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enabled, it is translated to a line-feed after echo-
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ing.
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> Otherwise the character is simply output to the
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screen.
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If the window is not a pad, and it has been moved or modi-
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fied since the last call to <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> will be
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called before another character is read.
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If <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>, and a function key is pressed, the to-
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ken for that function key is returned instead of the raw
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characters. Possible function keys are defined in <STRONG><curs-</STRONG>
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<STRONG>es.h></STRONG> as macros with values outside the range of 8-bit
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characters whose names begin with <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG>. Thus, a variable
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intended to hold the return value of a function key must
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be of short size or larger.
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When a character that could be the beginning of a function
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key is received (which, on modern terminals, means an es-
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cape character), <STRONG>curses</STRONG> sets a timer. If the remainder of
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the sequence does not come in within the designated time,
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the character is passed through; otherwise, the function
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key value is returned. For this reason, many terminals
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experience a delay between the time a user presses the es-
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cape key and the escape is returned to the program.
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The <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG> routine places <EM>ch</EM> back onto the input queue to
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be returned by the next call to <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>. There is just one
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input queue for all windows.
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<H3><a name="h3-Function-Keys">Function Keys</a></H3><PRE>
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The following function keys, defined in <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>, might
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be returned by <STRONG>getch</STRONG> if <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> has been enabled. Note
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that not all of these are necessarily supported on any
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particular terminal.
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<EM>Name</EM> <EM>Key</EM> <EM>name</EM>
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KEY_BREAK Break key
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KEY_DOWN The four arrow keys ...
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KEY_UP
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KEY_LEFT
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KEY_RIGHT
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KEY_HOME Home key (upward+left arrow)
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KEY_BACKSPACE Backspace
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KEY_F0 Function keys; space for 64 keys
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is reserved.
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KEY_F(<EM>n</EM>) For 0 <= <EM>n</EM> <= 63
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KEY_DL Delete line
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KEY_IL Insert line
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KEY_DC Delete character
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KEY_IC Insert char or enter insert mode
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KEY_EIC Exit insert char mode
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KEY_CLEAR Clear screen
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KEY_EOS Clear to end of screen
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KEY_EOL Clear to end of line
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KEY_SF Scroll 1 line forward
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KEY_SR Scroll 1 line backward (reverse)
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KEY_NPAGE Next page
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KEY_PPAGE Previous page
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KEY_STAB Set tab
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KEY_CTAB Clear tab
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KEY_CATAB Clear all tabs
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KEY_ENTER Enter or send
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KEY_SRESET Soft (partial) reset
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KEY_RESET Reset or hard reset
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KEY_PRINT Print or copy
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KEY_LL Home down or bottom (lower left)
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KEY_A1 Upper left of keypad
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KEY_A3 Upper right of keypad
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KEY_B2 Center of keypad
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KEY_C1 Lower left of keypad
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KEY_C3 Lower right of keypad
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KEY_BTAB Back tab key
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KEY_BEG Beg(inning) key
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KEY_CANCEL Cancel key
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KEY_CLOSE Close key
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KEY_COMMAND Cmd (command) key
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KEY_COPY Copy key
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KEY_CREATE Create key
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KEY_END End key
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KEY_EXIT Exit key
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KEY_FIND Find key
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KEY_HELP Help key
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KEY_MARK Mark key
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KEY_MESSAGE Message key
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KEY_MOUSE Mouse event read
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KEY_MOVE Move key
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KEY_NEXT Next object key
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KEY_OPEN Open key
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KEY_OPTIONS Options key
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KEY_PREVIOUS Previous object key
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KEY_REDO Redo key
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KEY_REFERENCE Ref(erence) key
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KEY_REFRESH Refresh key
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KEY_REPLACE Replace key
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KEY_RESIZE Screen resized
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KEY_RESTART Restart key
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KEY_RESUME Resume key
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KEY_SAVE Save key
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KEY_SBEG Shifted beginning key
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KEY_SCANCEL Shifted cancel key
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KEY_SCOMMAND Shifted command key
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KEY_SCOPY Shifted copy key
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KEY_SCREATE Shifted create key
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KEY_SDC Shifted delete char key
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KEY_SDL Shifted delete line key
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KEY_SELECT Select key
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KEY_SEND Shifted end key
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KEY_SEOL Shifted clear line key
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KEY_SEXIT Shifted exit key
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KEY_SFIND Shifted find key
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KEY_SHELP Shifted help key
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KEY_SHOME Shifted home key
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KEY_SIC Shifted input key
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KEY_SLEFT Shifted left arrow key
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KEY_SMESSAGE Shifted message key
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KEY_SMOVE Shifted move key
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KEY_SNEXT Shifted next key
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KEY_SOPTIONS Shifted options key
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KEY_SPREVIOUS Shifted prev key
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KEY_SPRINT Shifted print key
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KEY_SREDO Shifted redo key
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KEY_SREPLACE Shifted replace key
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KEY_SRIGHT Shifted right arrow
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KEY_SRSUME Shifted resume key
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KEY_SSAVE Shifted save key
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KEY_SSUSPEND Shifted suspend key
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KEY_SUNDO Shifted undo key
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KEY_SUSPEND Suspend key
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KEY_UNDO Undo key
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Keypad is arranged like this:
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+-----+------+-------+
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| <STRONG>A1</STRONG> | <STRONG>up</STRONG> | <STRONG>A3</STRONG> |
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+-----+------+-------+
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|<STRONG>left</STRONG> | <STRONG>B2</STRONG> | <STRONG>right</STRONG> |
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+-----+------+-------+
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| <STRONG>C1</STRONG> | <STRONG>down</STRONG> | <STRONG>C3</STRONG> |
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+-----+------+-------+
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The <STRONG>has_key</STRONG> routine takes a key value from the above list,
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and returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> according to whether the current
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terminal type recognizes a key with that value. Note that
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a few values do not correspond to a real key, e.g.,
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<STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> and <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>. See <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG> for more de-
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tails about <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG>, and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG> for a discus-
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sion of <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>.
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<H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
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All routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and an
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integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> (<STRONG>OK</STRONG> in the case of ungetch())
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upon successful completion.
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<STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>
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returns ERR if there is no more room in the FIFO.
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<STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>
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returns ERR if the window pointer is null, or if
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its timeout expires without having any data.
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Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move-
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ment using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is
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outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.
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<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
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Use of the escape key by a programmer for a single charac-
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ter function is discouraged, as it will cause a delay of
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up to one second while the keypad code looks for a follow-
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ing function-key sequence.
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Note that some keys may be the same as commonly used con-
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trol keys, e.g., <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> versus control/M, <STRONG>KEY_BACKSPACE</STRONG>
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versus control/H. Some curses implementations may differ
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according to whether they treat these control keys spe-
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cially (and ignore the terminfo), or use the terminfo def-
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initions. <STRONG>Ncurses</STRONG> uses the terminfo definition. If it
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says that <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> is control/M, <STRONG>getch</STRONG> will return
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<STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> when you press control/M.
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Generally, <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> denotes the character(s) sent by the
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<EM>Enter</EM> key on the numeric keypad:
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> the terminal description lists the most useful keys,
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>Enter</EM> key on the regular keyboard is already han-
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dled by the standard ASCII characters for carriage-re-
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turn and line-feed,
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> depending on whether <STRONG>nl</STRONG> or <STRONG>nonl</STRONG> was called, pressing
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"Enter" on the regular keyboard may return either a
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carriage-return or line-feed, and finally
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<STRONG>o</STRONG> "Enter or send" is the standard description for this
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key.
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When using <STRONG>getch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvgetch</STRONG>, or <STRONG>mvwgetch</STRONG>, nocbreak
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mode (<STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG>) and echo mode (<STRONG>echo</STRONG>) should not be used at
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the same time. Depending on the state of the tty driver
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when each character is typed, the program may produce un-
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desirable results.
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Note that <STRONG>getch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvgetch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwgetch</STRONG> may be macros.
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Historically, the set of keypad macros was largely defined
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by the extremely function-key-rich keyboard of the AT&T
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7300, aka 3B1, aka Safari 4. Modern personal computers
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usually have only a small subset of these. IBM PC-style
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consoles typically support little more than <STRONG>KEY_UP</STRONG>,
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<STRONG>KEY_DOWN</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_LEFT</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_RIGHT</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_HOME</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_END</STRONG>,
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<STRONG>KEY_NPAGE</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_PPAGE</STRONG>, and function keys 1 through 12. The
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Ins key is usually mapped to <STRONG>KEY_IC</STRONG>.
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<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
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The *get* functions are described in the XSI Curses stan-
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dard, Issue 4. They read single-byte characters only.
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The standard specifies that they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure,
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but specifies no error conditions.
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The echo behavior of these functions on input of <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> or
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backspace characters was not specified in the SVr4 docu-
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mentation. This description is adopted from the XSI Curs-
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es standard.
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The behavior of <STRONG>getch</STRONG> and friends in the presence of han-
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dled signals is unspecified in the SVr4 and XSI Curses
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documentation. Under historical curses implementations,
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it varied depending on whether the operating system's im-
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plementation of handled signal receipt interrupts a
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<STRONG>read(2)</STRONG> call in progress or not, and also (in some imple-
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mentations) depending on whether an input timeout or non-
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blocking mode has been set.
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Programmers concerned about portability should be prepared
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for either of two cases: (a) signal receipt does not in-
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terrupt <STRONG>getch</STRONG>; (b) signal receipt interrupts <STRONG>getch</STRONG> and
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causes it to return ERR with <STRONG>errno</STRONG> set to <STRONG>EINTR</STRONG>. Under
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the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation, handled signals never inter-
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rupt <STRONG>getch</STRONG>.
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The <STRONG>has_key</STRONG> function is unique to <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>. We recommend
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that any code using it be conditionalized on the <STRONG>NCURS-</STRONG>
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<STRONG>ES_VERSION</STRONG> feature macro.
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<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
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<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>re-</STRONG>
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<STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">sizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) li-
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brary are described in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
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<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
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