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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 erasechar 3XCURSES "5 Jun 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "X/Open Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
erasechar, erasewchar, killchar, killwchar \- return current ERASE or KILL characters
.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>

\fBchar\fR \fBerasechar\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBerasewchar\fR(\fBwchar_t *\fR\fIch\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBchar\fR \fBkillchar\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBkillwchar\fR(\fBwchar_t *\fR\fIch\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBerasechar()\fR function returns the current ERASE character  from the tty driver.  This character is used to delete the previous character during keyboard input.  The returned value can be used when including deletion capability in  interactive programs.
.sp
.LP
The \fBkillchar()\fR function is similar to \fBerasechar()\fR. It returns the current KILL character.
.sp
.LP
The \fBerasewchar()\fR and \fBkillwchar()\fR functions are similar to  \fBerasechar()\fR and \fBkillchar()\fR respectively, but store the  ERASE or KILL character in the object pointed to by \fIch\fR.
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIch\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
Is a pointer to a location where a character may be stored.
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
For \fBerasechar()\fR and \fBkillchar()\fR, the terminal's current  ERASE or KILL character is returned.
.sp
.LP
On success, the \fBerasewchar()\fR and \fBkillwchar()\fR functions return \fBOK\fR. Otherwise, they return \fBERR\fR.
.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
\fBgetch\fR(3XCURSES), \fBgetstr\fR(3XCURSES), \fBget_wch\fR(3XCURSES), \fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)