Added a new portable sleep API(ABI compatible). Now features a flexible multi-usage sleep() api accepting decimals, msleep() for millisecs only, usleep() for microsecs. Updated Makefiles, cmakefiles, vs2008, vs2010 with the new Fl_sleep add-on. Documented new API. still needs to be added in Xcode.

git-svn-id: file:///fltk/svn/fltk/branches/branch-1.3@10150 ea41ed52-d2ee-0310-a9c1-e6b18d33e121

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diff --git a/FL/Fl.H b/FL/Fl.H
index c8f579315..148bca0ee 100644
--- a/FL/Fl.H
+++ b/FL/Fl.H
@@ -1075,6 +1075,16 @@ public:
   static void awake(void* message = 0);
   /** See void awake(void* message=0). */
   static int awake(Fl_Awake_Handler cb, void* message = 0);
+ 
+  // Cross platform sleep API
+
+  /** flexible sleep function in seconds, accepts decimals typically up to 100usec resolution (depends on your hardware) */
+  static void sleep(double seconds);
+  /** milli seconds sleep */
+  static void msleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
+  /** microseconds sleep */
+  static void usleep(unsigned long long microseconds);
+  
   /**
     The thread_message() method returns the last message
     that was sent from a child by the awake() method.