From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-11-12T04:21:34+09:00
Subject: Re: print message if user does nothing for x seconds?

Ben Thomas wrote:
> 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


This is tricky on Windows... what platform are you on?

Hal