Move the cursor to coordinates (y,x), get a character from the terminal screen, and echo it on the specified window. The mvgetch function acts on the stdscr window. Format #include <curses.h> int mvgetch (int y, int x); int mvwgetch (WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
1 – Arguments
win A pointer to the window. y A window coordinate. x A window coordinate.
2 – Description
The mvgetch and mvwgetch functions refresh the specified window before fetching the character.
3 – Return Values
x The returned character. ERR Indicates that the function causes the screen to scroll illegally. For more information, see the scrollok function in this section.