--- Python-2.6.8/Modules/_cursesmodule.c.orig	2012-09-18 08:01:45.938603187 -0700
+++ Python-2.6.8/Modules/_cursesmodule.c	2012-09-18 08:05:15.216646894 -0700
@@ -856,6 +856,37 @@
 }
 
 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, "get_wch 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;
@@ -1563,6 +1594,7 @@
             {"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},