Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:18:06 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: select and termios
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Mark E. wrote:

> > (Mark, does Bash use `select'?  I guess not, otherwise this problem
> > would have been reported by someone long ago.)
> 
> Bash does via Readline.

Yes, so does GDB.  Except that GDB calls Readline only when `select'
says some input is available.  This is a new feature since GDB 5.0, it
is intended to allow GDB to do something while the debuggee executes
(not in the DJGPP port, obviously).