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.\" $Id: curs_delch.3x,v 1.34 2024/04/20 19:24:14 tom Exp $
.TH curs_delch 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses 6.5" "Library calls"
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.SH NAME
\fB\%delch\fP,
\fB\%wdelch\fP,
\fB\%mvdelch\fP,
\fB\%mvwdelch\fP \-
delete a character from a \fIcurses\fR window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <curses.h>
.PP
\fBint delch(void);
\fBint wdelch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP);
\fBint mvdelch(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
\fBint mvwdelch(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B \%wdelch
deletes the character at the cursor position in
.IR win .
\fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of this function.
.PP
.B \%wdelch
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 \fB\%bkgd\fP(3X)
(wide-character API users may consult \fB\%bkgrnd\fP(3X) instead).
The cursor position does not change
(after moving to
.RI ( y ,
.IR x ),
if specified).
.SH RETURN VALUE
These functions return
.B OK
on success and
.B ERR
on failure.
.PP
Functions taking a
.I \%WINDOW
pointer argument fail if the pointer is
.BR NULL .
.PP
Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
fail if the position
.RI ( y ,
.IR x )
is outside the window boundaries.
.SH NOTES
.BR \%delch ,
.BR \%mvdelch ,
and
.B \%mvwdelch
may be implemented as macros.
.PP
A terminal's
.B \%delete_character
.RB ( dch1 )
capability
is not necessarily employed.
.SH PORTABILITY
X/Open Curses,
Issue 4 describes these functions.
.PP
SVr4
.I curses
describes a successful return value only as
\*(``an integer value other than
.BR ERR \*(''.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB\%curses\fP(3X)