+#elif defined(__BEOS__)
+ /*
+ * BeOS's select() is declared in socket.h, so the configure script does
+ * not see it. That's just as well, since that function works only for
+ * sockets. This (using snooze and ioctl) was distilled from Be's patch
+ * for ncurses which uses a separate thread to simulate select().
+ *
+ * FIXME: the return values from the ioctl aren't very clear if we get
+ * interrupted.
+ */
+ int n = 0;
+ int howmany = ioctl(0, 'ichr', &n);
+ if (howmany >= 0 && n > 0) {
+ have_pending = TRUE;
+ }