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In no-delay mode, if no input is waiting, the value <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> is returned. In delay mode, the program waits until the system passes text through to the program. Depending on the setting of <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG>, this is after one character (cbreak mode), or after the first newline (nocbreak mode). In half-delay mode, the program waits until the user types a character or the specified timeout interval has elapsed. Unless <STRONG>noecho</STRONG> has been set, these routines echo the char- acter into the designated window. If the window is not a pad and has been moved or modified since the last call to <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> will be called before another character is read. If <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> is enabled, these functions respond to the pressing of a function key by setting the object pointed to by <EM>wch</EM> to the corresponding <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> value defined in <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG> and returning <STRONG>KEY_CODE_YES</STRONG>. If a character (such as escape) that could be the beginning of a function key is received, curses sets a timer. If the remainder of the sequence does arrive within the designated time, curses passes through the character; otherwise, curses returns the function key value. For this reason, many terminals experience a delay between the time a user presses the escape key and the time the escape is returned to the program. The <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> function pushes the wide character <EM>wch</EM> back onto the head of the input queue, so the wide character is returned by the next call to <STRONG>get_wch</STRONG>. The pushback of one character is guaranteed. If the program calls <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> too many times without an intervening call to <STRONG>get_wch</STRONG>, the operation may fail. </PRE> <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE> The header file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header file <STRONG><stdio.h></STRONG>. Applications should not define the escape key by itself as a single-character function. When using <STRONG>get_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvget_wch</STRONG>, or <STRONG>mvwget_wch</STRONG>, applications should not use <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG> mode and <STRONG>echo</STRONG> mode at the same time. Depending on the state of the tty driver when each character is typed, the program may produce undesirable results. All functions except <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> and <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> may be macros. </PRE> <H2>RETURN VALUES</H2><PRE> When <STRONG>get_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvget_wch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwget_wch</STRONG> func- tions successfully report the pressing of a function key, they return <STRONG>KEY_CODE_YES</STRONG>. When they successfully report a wide character, they return <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. Otherwise, they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>. Upon successful completion, <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. Other- wise, the function returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>. </PRE> <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE> <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wch.3x.html">curs_ins_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> </PRE> <HR> <ADDRESS> Man(1) output converted with <a href="http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/man2html.html">man2html</a> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>