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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Author: Juergen Pfeifer, 2008-on                                         * 
+ *                                                                          *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* $Id: ncurses_mingw.h,v 1.3 2014/05/03 19:40:19 juergen Exp $ */
+
+/*
+ * This is a placeholder up to now and describes what needs to be implemented
+ * to support I/O to external terminals with ncurses on the Windows OS.
+ */
+
+#if __MINGW32__
+#ifndef _NC_MINGWH
+#define _NC_MINGWH
+
+#define USE_CONSOLE_DRIVER 1
+
+#undef  TERMIOS
+#define TERMIOS 1
+
+typedef unsigned char cc_t;
+typedef unsigned int  tcflag_t;
+typedef unsigned int  speed_t;
+typedef unsigned short otcflag_t;
+typedef unsigned char ospeed_t;
+
+#define NCCS 18
+struct termios
+{
+  tcflag_t	c_iflag;
+  tcflag_t	c_oflag;
+  tcflag_t	c_cflag;
+  tcflag_t	c_lflag;
+  char		c_line;
+  cc_t		c_cc[NCCS];
+  speed_t	c_ispeed;
+  speed_t	c_ospeed;
+};
+
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)  _nc_mingw_tcsetattr(
+    int fd, 
+    int optional_actions, 
+    const struct termios* arg);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)  _nc_mingw_tcgetattr(
+    int fd, 
+    struct termios* arg);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)  _nc_mingw_tcflush(
+    int fd, 
+    int queue);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_set_term_driver(void* term);
+
+#endif /* _NC_MINGWH */
+#endif /* __MINGW32__ */