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Michael Day wrote:

> Oh you also mentioned complete lack of Win32 compatibility, this is true.
> However a quick #ifdef WIN32 would fix that, an equivalent loop exists in
> Windows, waiting for WM_QUIT instead of SIQQUIT, and using GetMessage() to
> block instead of sigwait(). Ugh.

But you get a heck of a lot more messages from GetMessage() than from
sigwait(), no? I think that even when DirectX "takes over" the keyboard
and mouse, Windows still get the information and sends them to the
application anyway.

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