3 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/hci/mucurses/clear.c b/src/hci/mucurses/clear.c
index b4382c597..1813939b1 100644
--- a/src/hci/mucurses/clear.c
+++ b/src/hci/mucurses/clear.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int wclrtobot ( WINDOW *win ) {
 
 	_store_curs_pos( win, &pos );
 	do {
-		_wputch( win, (unsigned)' ', WRAP );
+		_wputc( win, ' ', WRAP );
 	} while ( win->curs_y + win->curs_x );
 	_restore_curs_pos( win, &pos );
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int wclrtoeol ( WINDOW *win ) {
 
 	_store_curs_pos( win, &pos );
 	while ( ( win->curs_y - pos.y ) == 0 ) {
-		_wputch( win, (unsigned)' ', WRAP );
+		_wputc( win, ' ', WRAP );
 	}
 	_restore_curs_pos( win, &pos );
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int wclrtoeol ( WINDOW *win ) {
  * @ret rc	return status code
  */
 int wdelch ( WINDOW *win ) {
-	_wputch( win, (unsigned)' ', NOWRAP );
+	_wputc( win, ' ', NOWRAP );
 	_wcursback( win );
 
 	return OK;
diff --git a/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.c b/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.c
index 083f6b370..775422e66 100644
--- a/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.c
+++ b/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.c
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ void _wputch ( WINDOW *win, chtype ch, int wrap ) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Write a single character to a window
+ *
+ * @v *win	window in which to write
+ * @v c		character rendition to write
+ * @v wrap	wrap "switch"
+ */
+void _wputc ( WINDOW *win, char c, int wrap ) {
+	_wputch ( win, ( c | win->attrs ), wrap );
+}
+
+/**
  * Retreat the cursor back one position (useful for a whole host of
  * ops)
  *
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ void _wputchstr ( WINDOW *win, const chtype *chstr, int wrap, int n ) {
  */
 void _wputstr ( WINDOW *win, const char *str, int wrap, int n ) {
 	for ( ; *str && n-- ; str++ ) {
-		_wputch( win, *str | win->attrs, wrap );
+		_wputc ( win, *str, wrap );
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.h b/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.h
index c18e2ff37..aca9b5c56 100644
--- a/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.h
+++ b/src/hci/mucurses/mucurses.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 extern SCREEN _ansi_screen;
 
 extern void _wputch ( WINDOW *win, chtype ch, int wrap );
+extern void _wputc ( WINDOW *win, char c, int wrap );
 extern void _wputchstr ( WINDOW *win, const chtype *chstr, int wrap, int n );
 extern void _wputstr ( WINDOW *win, const char *str, int wrap, int n );
 extern void _wcursback ( WINDOW *win );