Document Windows lossage and work-around.

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Markus Armbruster 2005-07-01 19:52:43 +00:00
parent d86c6e89ff
commit 744d118768

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@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
int utf8 = 0;
#ifdef _WIN32
/*
* stdout is unbuffered under Windows if connected to a character
* device, and putchar() screws up when printing multibyte strings
* bytewise to an unbuffered stream. Switch stdout to line-
* buffered mode. Unfortunately, ISO C allows implementations to
* screw that up, and of course Windows does. Manual flushing
* after each prompt is required.
*/
setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 4096);
err = WSAStartup(0x0101, &WsaData);
if (err == SOCKET_ERROR) {