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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_delch 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
-
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>delch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wdelch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvdelch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwdelch</STRONG> - delete a character from a <EM>curses</EM>
window
@@ -55,51 +53,58 @@
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>delch(void);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wdelch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wdelch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvdelch(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwdelch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwdelch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>wdelch</STRONG> deletes the character at the cursor position in <EM>win</EM>.
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> describes the variants of this function.
-
- <STRONG>wdelch</STRONG> moves all characters to the right of the cursor on the same line
- to the left one position and replaces the contents of the rightmost
- position on the line with the window's blank character; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>
- (wide-character API users may consult <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgrnd.3x.html">bkgrnd(3x)</A></STRONG> instead). The cursor
- position does not change (after moving to (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>), if specified).
+ <STRONG>wdelch</STRONG> deletes the character at the cursor position in <EM>win</EM>. It moves
+ all characters to the right of the cursor on the same line to the left
+ one position and replaces the contents of the rightmost position on the
+ line with the window's background character; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG> (wide-
+ character API users: <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgrnd.3x.html">bkgrnd(3x)</A></STRONG>). The cursor position does not change
+ (after moving to (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>), if specified). <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> describes the
+ variants of this function.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
- Functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument fail if the pointer is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>.
+ In <EM>ncurses</EM>, these functions fail if
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized, or
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+ pointer.
- Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
+ Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>delch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvdelch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwdelch</STRONG> may be implemented as macros.
- A terminal's <STRONG>delete_character</STRONG> (<STRONG>dch1</STRONG>) capability is not necessarily
+ A terminal's <STRONG>delete_character</STRONG> (<STRONG>dch1</STRONG>) capability is not necessarily
employed.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- X/Open Curses, Issue 4 describes these functions.
+ X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions. It specifies no error
+ conditions for them.
- SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> describes a successful return value only as "an integer
- value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>".
+ SVr4 describes a successful return value only as "an integer value
+ other than <EM>ERR</EM>".
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
+ SVr2 (1984) introduced <EM>wdelch</EM>.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
-ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.6 2025-04-05 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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