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42 .Nd curses insert characters routines
50 .Fn winsch "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch"
52 .Fn mvinsch "int y" "int x" "chtype ch"
54 .Fn mvwinsch "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype ch"
56 These functions insert characters on
58 or on the specified window.
62 function inserts the character given in
64 at the current cursor position on
66 The cursor is not advanced and wrapping is not performed.
70 function is the same as the
72 function, excepting that the character is inserted on the window specified by
79 functions are the same as the
83 functions, respectively, excepting that
85 is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
88 before the character is inserted on the window.
90 Functions returning pointers will return
92 if an error is detected.
93 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
96 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
98 The function completed successfully.
100 An error occurred in the function.
104 .Xr curses_cursor 3 ,
109 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of
110 the Single Unix Specification.
112 The Curses package appeared in