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40 .Nd curses delete characters routines
48 .Fn wdelch "WINDOW *win"
50 These functions delete characters from
52 or from the specified window.
56 function deletes the character at the current cursor position on
58 Characters to the right of the deleted character are moved one position
60 The cursor position is unchanged.
64 function is the same as the
66 function, excepting that the character is deleted from the specified window.
68 Functions returning pointers will return
70 if an error is detected.
71 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
74 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
76 The function completed successfully.
78 An error occurred in the function.
86 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
87 Single Unix Specification.
89 The Curses package appeared in