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.\"  Copyright (c) 1990, 1995 by Mortice Kern Systems Inc.  All Rights Reserved  Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
.TH echochar 3XCURSES "5 Jun 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "X/Open Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
echochar, wechochar \- add a single-byte character and refresh window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR /usr/xpg4/include \fB -L \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \e
\fB -R \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
 
#include <curses.h>

\fBint\fR \fBechochar\fR(\fBconst chtype\fR \fIch\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBwechochar\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBconst chtype\fR \fIch\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBechochar()\fR function produces the same effect as calling  \fBaddch\fR(3XCURSES) and then \fBrefresh\fR(3XCURSES). The \fBwechochar()\fR function produces the same effect as calling  \fBwaddch\fR(3XCURSES) and then \fBwrefresh\fR(3XCURSES).
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIch\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is a pointer to the character to be written to the window.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIwin\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is a pointer to the window in which the character is to be added.
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
On success, these functions return \fBOK\fR. Otherwise, they return \fBERR\fR.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
None.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
_
StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBaddch\fR(3XCURSES), \fBdoupdate\fR(3XCURSES), \fBecho_wchar\fR(3XCURSES), \fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)