ins_wch, wins_wch, mvins_wch, mvwins_wch - insert a curses complex character in a window
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Description
These functions insert the curses complex character wch at the cursor in the specified window win (or
stdscr). The character previously at the cursor and any to its right move one cell to the right; the
rightmost character on the line is discarded. The cursor does not advance.
History
X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions. The System V Interface Definition
Version 4 of the same year specified a function named winswch (and the usual variants). This was a later
addition to SVr4.x, not appearing in the first SVr4 (1989). It differed from X/Open's later wins_wch in
that it took an argument of type chtype instead of cchar_t.
Name
ins_wch, wins_wch, mvins_wch, mvwins_wch - insert a curses complex character in a window
Notes
ins_wch, mvins_wch, and mvwins_wch may be implemented as macros.
A terminal's insert_character (ich1) capability is not necessarily employed.
Portability
X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions. It specifies no error conditions for them.
Return Value
These functions return OK on success and ERR on failure.
Functions taking a WINDOW pointer argument fail if win is a null pointer.
Functions prefixed with âmvâ first perform cursor movement and fail if the position (y, x) is outside the
window boundaries.
See Also
insch(3NCURSES) describes comparable functions in the non-wide-character curses configuration. ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5) ncurses 6.5 2025-02-01 ins_wch(3NCURSES)
Synopsis
#include<curses.h>intins_wch(constcchar_t*wch);intwins_wch(WINDOW*win,constcchar_t*wch);intmvins_wch(inty,intx,constcchar_t*wch);intmvwins_wch(WINDOW*win,inty,intx,constcchar_t*wch);
