add option idlecheckpoint

New experimental option

This requires platform support to be useful. Currently an
implementation for Windows TTY console is included.

A Unix TTY implementation should be achievable I would think,
but I haven't pursued that, at least not yet (contributions welcome).
I'm not sure whether Qt or X11 interfaces offer a similar
timeout capability..

How it works:

When idlecheckpoint in on, if the wait for a new input is idle for
10 seconds (length of time to waite is controlled by
IDLECHECKPOINT_WAIT_TIME #define in hack.h), save_currentstate() is
called to bring everything up-to-date should a hangup or crash occur.
The input wait then continues/resumes.

The save_currentstate() call is only executed once per input request.
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nhmall
2026-04-27 19:22:04 -04:00
parent b7f66f9723
commit a090ba90a1
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@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ _CrtSetReportFile(_CRT_ASSERT, _CRTDBG_FILE_STDERR);*/
if WINDOWPORT(tty) {
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
nh_delay_output();
}