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getcchar(3ncurses)


NAME

   getcchar,  setcchar  - Get a wide character string and rendition from a
   cchar_t or set a cchar_t from a wide-character string

SYNOPSIS

   #include <curses.h>

   int getcchar(
           const cchar_t *wcval,
           wchar_t *wch,
           attr_t *attrs,
           short *color_pair,
           void *opts );

   int setcchar(
           cchar_t *wcval,
           const wchar_t *wch,
           const attr_t attrs,
           short color_pair,
           void *opts );

DESCRIPTION

   getcchar
   The getcchar function gets a wide-character string and rendition from a
   cchar_t  argument.   When  wch  is  not  a  null  pointer, the getcchar
   function does the following:

   *   Extracts information from a cchar_t value wcval

   *   Stores the character attributes in the location pointed to by attrs

   *   Stores the color-pair in the location pointed to by color_pair

   *   Stores the wide-character string, characters referenced  by  wcval,
       into the array pointed to by wch.

   When wch is a null pointer, the getcchar function does the following:

   *   Obtains the number of wide characters pointed to by wcval

   *   Does not change the data referenced by attrs or color_pair

   setcchar
   The  setcchar  function initializes the location pointed to by wcval by
   using:

   *   The character attributes in attrs

   *   The color pair in color_pair

   *   The wide-character string pointed to by wch.  The  string  must  be
       L'\0' terminated, contain at most one spacing character, which must
       be the first.

       Up to CCHARW_MAX-1 nonspacing characters  may  follow.   Additional
       nonspacing characters are ignored.

       The string may contain a single control character instead.  In that
       case, no nonspacing characters are allowed.

NOTES

   The  opts  argument  is  reserved  for  future  use.    Currently,   an
   application must provide a null pointer as opts.

   The wcval argument may be a value generated by a call to setcchar or by
   a function that has a cchar_t output argument.  If wcval is constructed
   by any other means, the effect is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE

   When  wch  is  a  null  pointer,  getcchar  returns  the number of wide
   characters referenced by wcval, including one for a trailing null.

   When wch is not a null pointer, getcchar  returns  OK  upon  successful
   completion, and ERR otherwise.

   Upon successful completion, setcchar returns OK.  Otherwise, it returns
   ERR.

SEE ALSO

   Functions:    attr(3NCURSES),    color(3NCURSES),    ncurses(3NCURSES),
   wcwidth(3).

                                                        getcchar(3NCURSES)



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