From 13931aee6059cc70b87e9d9143dd1c9d635c395f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nick black <dankamongmen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:45:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] implement ncplane_getc() #9

---
 include/notcurses.h | 13 +++++++++----
 src/lib/notcurses.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/notcurses.h b/include/notcurses.h
index 1595e2847..3617e5472 100644
--- a/include/notcurses.h
+++ b/include/notcurses.h
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ struct ncplane* notcurses_newplane(struct notcurses* nc, int rows, int cols,
 // the standard plane.
 int ncplane_destroy(struct ncplane* n);
 
+// Retrieve the topmost cell at this location on the screen, returning it in
+// 'c'. If there is more than a byte of gcluster, it will be returned as a heap
+// allocation in '*gclust', and '*c' will be 0x80.
+void notcurses_getc(const struct notcurses* n, cell* c, char** gclust);
+
 // Manipulate the opaque user pointer associated with this plane.
 void ncplane_set_userptr(struct ncplane* n, void* opaque);
 void* ncplane_userptr(struct ncplane* n);
@@ -156,10 +161,10 @@ void ncplane_move_bottom(struct ncplane* n);
 // will only be used, if 'c->gcluster' has a value >= 0x80.
 int ncplane_putc(struct ncplane* n, const cell* c, const char* gclust);
 
-// Retrieve the cell under the cursor, returning it in 'c'. If there is more
-// than a byte of gcluster, it will be returned as a heap allocation in
-// '*gclust', and '*c' will be 0x80.
-void ncplane_getc(const struct ncplane* n, cell* c, char** gclust);
+// Retrieve the cell under this plane's cursor, returning it in 'c'. If there
+// is more than a byte of gcluster, it will be returned as a heap allocation in
+// '*gclust', and '*c' will be 0x80. Returns -1 on error, 0 on success.
+int ncplane_getc(const struct ncplane* n, cell* c, char** gclust);
 
 // Write a series of cells to the current location, using the current style.
 // They will be interpreted as a series of columns (according to the definition
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 49bafa23a..434417d53 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -627,6 +627,19 @@ int ncplane_putc(ncplane* n, const cell* c, const char* gclust){
   return ret;
 }
 
+int ncplane_getc(const ncplane* n, cell* c, char** gclust){
+  const cell* src = &n->fb[fbcellidx(n, n->y, n->x)];
+  memcpy(c, src, sizeof(*src));
+  *gclust = NULL;
+  if(!simple_cell_p(src)){
+    *gclust = strdup(extended_gcluster(n, src));
+    if(*gclust == NULL){
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 int cell_load(ncplane* n, cell* c, const char* gcluster){
   if(simple_gcluster_p(gcluster)){
     c->gcluster = *gcluster;