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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2009,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+ * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *
+ * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *
+ * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Author: Thomas Dickey, 2008-on                                           * 
+ *                                                                          *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* $Id: nc_mingw.h,v 1.3 2010/09/25 22:16:12 juergen Exp $ */
+
+#ifndef NC_MINGW_H
+#define NC_MINGW_H 1
+
+#ifdef WINVER
+#  if WINVER < 0x0501
+#    error WINVER must at least be 0x0501
+#  endif  
+#else
+#  define WINVER 0x0501
+#endif
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#undef sleep
+#define sleep(n) Sleep((n) * 1000)
+
+#undef gettimeofday
+#define gettimeofday(tv,tz) _nc_gettimeofday(tv,tz)
+
+#include <sys/time.h>	/* for struct timeval */
+
+extern int _nc_gettimeofday(struct timeval *, void *);
+
+#undef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+#define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY 1
+
+#define SIGHUP  1
+#define SIGKILL 9
+#define getlogin() "username"
+
+#undef wcwidth
+#define wcwidth(ucs) _nc_wcwidth(ucs)
+extern int _nc_wcwidth(wchar_t);
+
+#endif /* NC_MINGW_H */