From: Ben Thomas <ben643@...>
Date: 2006-11-12T04:20:10+09:00
Subject: print message if user does nothing for x seconds?

Hi all,

Only just started using ruby so this may be really simple to do, but 
here goes:

I'm trying to write a program that asks a user to enter their sex using 
"gets" but if the user doesn't type anything for about 5 seconds I want 
to print a message, like "Please enter something..." then go back to the 
gets prompt. I've tried using the "sleep x" method but it doesn't seem 
to work because once gets has been initiated it gets stuck there until 
something is entered.

Oh I don't have to use gets, but this is the only method of input I'm 
aware of at the moment

Hope this makes sense,
Ben