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+/****************************************************************************
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+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1996-on                 *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+**	lib_twait.c
+**
+**	The routine _nc_timed_wait().
+**
+**	(This file was originally written by Eric Raymond; however except for
+**	comments, none of the original code remains - T.Dickey).
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+#if defined __HAIKU__ && defined __BEOS__
+#undef __BEOS__
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __BEOS__
+#undef false
+#undef true
+#include <OS.h>
+#endif
+
+#if USE_FUNC_POLL
+# if HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+# endif
+#elif HAVE_SELECT
+# if HAVE_SYS_TIME_H && HAVE_SYS_TIME_SELECT
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+# endif
+# if HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
+#  include <sys/select.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#undef CUR
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_twait.c,v 1.59 2008/08/30 20:08:19 tom Exp $")
+
+static long
+_nc_gettime(TimeType * t0, bool first)
+{
+    long res;
+
+#if PRECISE_GETTIME
+    TimeType t1;
+    gettimeofday(&t1, (struct timezone *) 0);
+    if (first) {
+	*t0 = t1;
+	res = 0;
+    } else {
+	/* .tv_sec and .tv_usec are unsigned, be careful when subtracting */
+	if (t0->tv_usec > t1.tv_usec) {
+	    t1.tv_usec += 1000000;	/* Convert 1s in 1e6 microsecs */
+	    t1.tv_sec--;
+	}
+	res = (t1.tv_sec - t0->tv_sec) * 1000
+	    + (t1.tv_usec - t0->tv_usec) / 1000;
+    }
+#else
+    time_t t1 = time((time_t *) 0);
+    if (first) {
+	*t0 = t1;
+    }
+    res = (t1 - *t0) * 1000;
+#endif
+    TR(TRACE_IEVENT, ("%s time: %ld msec", first ? "get" : "elapsed", res));
+    return res;
+}
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_eventlist_timeout(_nc_eventlist * evl)
+{
+    int event_delay = -1;
+    int n;
+
+    if (evl != 0) {
+
+	for (n = 0; n < evl->count; ++n) {
+	    _nc_event *ev = evl->events[n];
+
+	    if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_TIMEOUT_MSEC) {
+		event_delay = ev->data.timeout_msec;
+		if (event_delay < 0)
+		    event_delay = INT_MAX;	/* FIXME Is this defined? */
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    return event_delay;
+}
+#endif /* NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS */
+
+/*
+ * Wait a specified number of milliseconds, returning nonzero if the timer
+ * didn't expire before there is activity on the specified file descriptors.
+ * The file-descriptors are specified by the mode:
+ *	0 - none (absolute time)
+ *	1 - ncurses' normal input-descriptor
+ *	2 - mouse descriptor, if any
+ *	3 - either input or mouse.
+ *
+ * Experimental:  if NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS is defined, (mode & 4) determines
+ * whether to pay attention to evl argument.  If set, the smallest of
+ * millisecond and of timeout of evl is taken.
+ *
+ * We return a mask that corresponds to the mode (e.g., 2 for mouse activity).
+ *
+ * If the milliseconds given are -1, the wait blocks until activity on the
+ * descriptors.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_timed_wait(SCREEN *sp,
+	       int mode,
+	       int milliseconds,
+	       int *timeleft
+	       EVENTLIST_2nd(_nc_eventlist * evl))
+{
+    int fd;
+    int count;
+    int result = 0;
+    TimeType t0;
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    int timeout_is_event = 0;
+    int n;
+#endif
+
+#if USE_FUNC_POLL
+#define MIN_FDS 2
+    struct pollfd fd_list[MIN_FDS];
+    struct pollfd *fds = fd_list;
+#elif defined(__BEOS__)
+#elif HAVE_SELECT
+    fd_set set;
+#endif
+
+    long starttime, returntime;
+
+    TR(TRACE_IEVENT, ("start twait: %d milliseconds, mode: %d",
+		      milliseconds, mode));
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if (mode & 4) {
+	int event_delay = _nc_eventlist_timeout(evl);
+
+	if (event_delay >= 0
+	    && (milliseconds >= event_delay || milliseconds < 0)) {
+	    milliseconds = event_delay;
+	    timeout_is_event = 1;
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
+#if PRECISE_GETTIME && HAVE_NANOSLEEP
+  retry:
+#endif
+    starttime = _nc_gettime(&t0, TRUE);
+
+    count = 0;
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if ((mode & 4) && evl)
+	evl->result_flags = 0;
+#endif
+
+#if USE_FUNC_POLL
+    memset(fd_list, 0, sizeof(fd_list));
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if ((mode & 4) && evl)
+	fds = typeMalloc(struct pollfd, MIN_FDS + evl->count);
+#endif
+
+    if (mode & 1) {
+	fds[count].fd = sp->_ifd;
+	fds[count].events = POLLIN;
+	count++;
+    }
+    if ((mode & 2)
+	&& (fd = sp->_mouse_fd) >= 0) {
+	fds[count].fd = fd;
+	fds[count].events = POLLIN;
+	count++;
+    }
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if ((mode & 4) && evl) {
+	for (n = 0; n < evl->count; ++n) {
+	    _nc_event *ev = evl->events[n];
+
+	    if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_FILE
+		&& (ev->data.fev.flags & _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE)) {
+		fds[count].fd = ev->data.fev.fd;
+		fds[count].events = POLLIN;
+		count++;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
+    result = poll(fds, (unsigned) count, milliseconds);
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if ((mode & 4) && evl) {
+	int c;
+
+	if (!result)
+	    count = 0;
+
+	for (n = 0; n < evl->count; ++n) {
+	    _nc_event *ev = evl->events[n];
+
+	    if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_FILE
+		&& (ev->data.fev.flags & _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE)) {
+		ev->data.fev.result = 0;
+		for (c = 0; c < count; c++)
+		    if (fds[c].fd == ev->data.fev.fd
+			&& fds[c].revents & POLLIN) {
+			ev->data.fev.result |= _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE;
+			evl->result_flags |= _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE;
+		    }
+	    } else if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_TIMEOUT_MSEC
+		       && !result && timeout_is_event) {
+		evl->result_flags |= _NC_EVENT_TIMEOUT_MSEC;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    if (fds != fd_list)
+	free((char *) fds);
+
+#endif
+
+#elif defined(__BEOS__)
+    /*
+     * BeOS's select() is declared in socket.h, so the configure script does
+     * not see it.  That's just as well, since that function works only for
+     * sockets.  This (using snooze and ioctl) was distilled from Be's patch
+     * for ncurses which uses a separate thread to simulate select().
+     *
+     * FIXME: the return values from the ioctl aren't very clear if we get
+     * interrupted.
+     *
+     * FIXME: this assumes mode&1 if milliseconds < 0 (see lib_getch.c).
+     */
+    result = 0;
+    if (mode & 1) {
+	int step = (milliseconds < 0) ? 0 : 5000;
+	bigtime_t d;
+	bigtime_t useconds = milliseconds * 1000;
+	int n, howmany;
+
+	if (useconds <= 0)	/* we're here to go _through_ the loop */
+	    useconds = 1;
+
+	for (d = 0; d < useconds; d += step) {
+	    n = 0;
+	    howmany = ioctl(0, 'ichr', &n);
+	    if (howmany >= 0 && n > 0) {
+		result = 1;
+		break;
+	    }
+	    if (useconds > 1 && step > 0) {
+		snooze(step);
+		milliseconds -= (step / 1000);
+		if (milliseconds <= 0) {
+		    milliseconds = 0;
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    } else if (milliseconds > 0) {
+	snooze(milliseconds * 1000);
+	milliseconds = 0;
+    }
+#elif HAVE_SELECT
+    /*
+     * select() modifies the fd_set arguments; do this in the
+     * loop.
+     */
+    FD_ZERO(&set);
+
+    if (mode & 1) {
+	FD_SET(sp->_ifd, &set);
+	count = sp->_ifd + 1;
+    }
+    if ((mode & 2)
+	&& (fd = sp->_mouse_fd) >= 0) {
+	FD_SET(fd, &set);
+	count = max(fd, count) + 1;
+    }
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if ((mode & 4) && evl) {
+	for (n = 0; n < evl->count; ++n) {
+	    _nc_event *ev = evl->events[n];
+
+	    if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_FILE
+		&& (ev->data.fev.flags & _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE)) {
+		FD_SET(ev->data.fev.fd, &set);
+		count = max(ev->data.fev.fd + 1, count);
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if (milliseconds >= 0) {
+	struct timeval ntimeout;
+	ntimeout.tv_sec = milliseconds / 1000;
+	ntimeout.tv_usec = (milliseconds % 1000) * 1000;
+	result = select(count, &set, NULL, NULL, &ntimeout);
+    } else {
+	result = select(count, &set, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    }
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if ((mode & 4) && evl) {
+	evl->result_flags = 0;
+	for (n = 0; n < evl->count; ++n) {
+	    _nc_event *ev = evl->events[n];
+
+	    if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_FILE
+		&& (ev->data.fev.flags & _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE)) {
+		ev->data.fev.result = 0;
+		if (FD_ISSET(ev->data.fev.fd, &set)) {
+		    ev->data.fev.result |= _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE;
+		    evl->result_flags |= _NC_EVENT_FILE_READABLE;
+		}
+	    } else if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_TIMEOUT_MSEC
+		       && !result && timeout_is_event)
+		evl->result_flags |= _NC_EVENT_TIMEOUT_MSEC;
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
+#endif /* USE_FUNC_POLL, etc */
+
+    returntime = _nc_gettime(&t0, FALSE);
+
+    if (milliseconds >= 0)
+	milliseconds -= (returntime - starttime);
+
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if (evl) {
+	evl->result_flags = 0;
+	for (n = 0; n < evl->count; ++n) {
+	    _nc_event *ev = evl->events[n];
+
+	    if (ev->type == _NC_EVENT_TIMEOUT_MSEC) {
+		long diff = (returntime - starttime);
+		if (ev->data.timeout_msec <= diff)
+		    ev->data.timeout_msec = 0;
+		else
+		    ev->data.timeout_msec -= diff;
+	    }
+
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
+#if PRECISE_GETTIME && HAVE_NANOSLEEP
+    /*
+     * If the timeout hasn't expired, and we've gotten no data,
+     * this is probably a system where 'select()' needs to be left
+     * alone so that it can complete.  Make this process sleep,
+     * then come back for more.
+     */
+    if (result == 0 && milliseconds > 100) {
+	napms(100);		/* FIXME: this won't be right if I recur! */
+	milliseconds -= 100;
+	goto retry;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    /* return approximate time left in milliseconds */
+    if (timeleft)
+	*timeleft = milliseconds;
+
+    TR(TRACE_IEVENT, ("end twait: returned %d (%d), remaining time %d msec",
+		      result, errno, milliseconds));
+
+    /*
+     * Both 'poll()' and 'select()' return the number of file descriptors
+     * that are active.  Translate this back to the mask that denotes which
+     * file-descriptors, so that we don't need all of this system-specific
+     * code everywhere.
+     */
+    if (result != 0) {
+	if (result > 0) {
+	    result = 0;
+#if USE_FUNC_POLL
+	    for (count = 0; count < MIN_FDS; count++) {
+		if ((mode & (1 << count))
+		    && (fds[count].revents & POLLIN)) {
+		    result |= (1 << count);
+		}
+	    }
+#elif defined(__BEOS__)
+	    result = 1;		/* redundant, but simple */
+#elif HAVE_SELECT
+	    if ((mode & 2)
+		&& (fd = sp->_mouse_fd) >= 0
+		&& FD_ISSET(fd, &set))
+		result |= 2;
+	    if ((mode & 1)
+		&& FD_ISSET(sp->_ifd, &set))
+		result |= 1;
+#endif
+	} else
+	    result = 0;
+    }
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    if ((mode & 4) && evl && evl->result_flags)
+	result |= 4;
+#endif
+
+    return (result);
+}