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<H1 class="no-header">curs_ins_wch 3x 2025-10-20 ncurses 6.6 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wch.3x.html">curs_ins_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wch.3x.html">curs_ins_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>ins_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wins_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvins_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwins_wch</STRONG> - insert a <EM>curses</EM> complex
character in a window
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ins_wch(const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wins_wch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvins_wch(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwins_wch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>wins_wch</STRONG> inserts the <EM>curses</EM> complex character <EM>wch</EM> at the cursor
position in the window <EM>win</EM>. The character previously at the cursor and
any to its right move one cell to the right; the formerly rightmost
character on the line is discarded. Unlike <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>wins_wch</STRONG> does
not advance the cursor. <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> describes the variants of this
function.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
In <EM>ncurses</EM>, they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if
<STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized, or
<STRONG>o</STRONG> (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
pointer.
Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>ins_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvins_wch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwins_wch</STRONG> may be implemented as macros.
<EM>curses</EM> does not necessarily employ the terminal's <STRONG>insert_character</STRONG>
(<STRONG>ich1</STRONG>) capability to achieve insertion.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions. It specifies no error
conditions for them.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions. The
System V Interface Definition Version 4 of the same year specified a
function named <EM>winswch</EM> (and the usual variants). This was a later
addition to SVr4.<EM>x</EM>, not appearing in the first SVr4 (1989). It
differed from X/Open's later <EM>wins</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> in that it took an argument of
type <EM>chtype</EM> instead of <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_insch.3x.html">curs_insch(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions in the non-wide-character
<EM>curses</EM> configuration.
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
ncurses 6.6 2025-10-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wch.3x.html">curs_ins_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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