From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-10-24T01:25:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble using puts and getc in different threads

On 10/23/06, Mark <okmooi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/06, Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Try it on a Unix-like system. It will work. We've had several discussions
> > here about an bad interaction between Ruby threads and system I/O on
> > Windows, but I'm not sure anyone has gotten to the bottom of it.
>
> Hmm, that was not the answer I was hoping for... And I don't have the
> luxury of using a linux computer. :-(
>
> Does this mean that is not possible to write a ruby program that
> continuously outputs data on stdout until a key is pressed by the
> user? It sounds so simple.
>
> I found a posting from Nobu Nokada in 2002 saying "Another problem due
> to select(), thread cannot switch while console input." which
> explaines my code doesn't work. Must I draw the conclusion that this
> problem still isn't fixed?

if you're on windows, see [1] thread for a solution, especially [2]
(using kbhit()) and
[3] (using select)

[1] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/204589
[2] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/204863
[3] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/205002