getcchar(3)

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

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

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 VALUES

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)