NAME
curses_delch,
delch,
wdelch —
curses delete characters
routines
LIBRARY
Curses Library (libcurses, -lcurses)
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
int
delch(
void);
int
wdelch(
WINDOW
*win);
DESCRIPTION
These functions delete characters from
stdscr
or from
the specified window.
The
delch() function deletes the character at the current
cursor position on
stdscr
. Characters to the right of
the deleted character are moved one position to the left. The cursor position
is unchanged.
The
wdelch() function is the same as the
delch() function, excepting that the character is deleted
from the specified window.
RETURN VALUES
Functions returning pointers will return
NULL
if an
error is detected. The functions that return an int will return one of the
following values:
OK
- The function completed successfully.
ERR
- An error occurred in the function.
SEE ALSO
curses_addch(3),
curses_insertch(3)
STANDARDS
The
NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open
Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.
HISTORY
The Curses package appeared in
4.0BSD.