- i=select(width,&readfds,&writefds,NULL,NULL);
+ /* Note: under VMS with SOCKETSHR the second parameter
+ * is currently of type (int *) whereas under other
+ * systems it is (void *) if you don't have a cast it
+ * will choke the compiler: if you do have a cast then
+ * you can either go for (int *) or (void *).
+ */
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+ /* Under Windows we make the assumption that we can
+ * always write to the tty: therefore if we need to
+ * write to the tty we just fall through. Otherwise
+ * we timeout the select every second and see if there
+ * are any keypresses. Note: this is a hack, in a proper
+ * Windows application we wouldn't do this.
+ */
+ if(!write_tty) {
+ if(read_tty) {
+ tv.tv_sec = 1;
+ tv.tv_usec = 0;
+ i=select(width,(void *)&readfds,(void *)&writefds,
+ NULL,&tv);
+ if(!i && (!_kbhit() || !read_tty) ) continue;
+ } else i=select(width,(void *)&readfds,(void *)&writefds,
+ NULL,NULL);
+ }
+#else
+ i=select(width,(void *)&readfds,(void *)&writefds,
+ NULL,NULL);
+#endif