HP 3000 Manuals

MPE/iX Developer's Kit Reference Manual Volume II

killchar 

The killchar routine is used to return the current KILL character.

Syntax 

     #include <curses.h>

     char killchar();

Return Values 

The terminal's current KILL character is returned.

Description 

The killchar() routine returns the user's choice of KILL character from
the tty driver.  This character is used to start a new line of input when
the current input is considered erroneous.  The returned value can be
used when including deletion capability in interactive programs.

Implementation Considerations 

Identical to XPG/3

See Also 

erasechar(), wgetnstr()

Portability 

HP-UX, UNIX System V, XPG/3

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