--- _cursesmodule.c.orig 2009-08-13 11:15:16.000000000 +0200
+++ _cursesmodule.c	2009-08-21 14:13:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -864,6 +864,37 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+PyCursesWindow_Get_WCh(PyCursesWindowObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+  int x, y;
+  int ct;
+  wint_t rtn;
+
+  switch (PyTuple_Size(args)) {
+  case 0:
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+    ct = wget_wch(self->win,&rtn);
+    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    break;
+  case 2:
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"ii;y,x",&y,&x))
+      return NULL;
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+    ct = mvwget_wch(self->win,y,x,&rtn);
+    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    break;
+  default:
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "getch requires 0 or 2 arguments");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  if (ct == ERR) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyCursesError, "get_wch failed");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return PyInt_FromLong((long)rtn);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 PyCursesWindow_GetKey(PyCursesWindowObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
   int x, y;
@@ -1595,6 +1626,7 @@
 	{"getbegyx",        (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_getbegyx, METH_NOARGS},
 	{"getbkgd",         (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_GetBkgd, METH_NOARGS},
 	{"getch",           (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_GetCh, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"get_wch",         (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_Get_WCh, METH_VARARGS},
 	{"getkey",          (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_GetKey, METH_VARARGS},
 	{"getmaxyx",        (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_getmaxyx, METH_NOARGS},
 	{"getparyx",        (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_getparyx, METH_NOARGS},