From ff88ed76f0445d47b1e34ec25410fd4f51dd6d2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Young <jeff@rokeby.ie>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:03:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Hack to prevent timer event starvation on MSW.

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/15673
---
 eeschema/sim/simulator_frame_ui.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/eeschema/sim/simulator_frame_ui.cpp b/eeschema/sim/simulator_frame_ui.cpp
index e030eb3539..2c0cdc1888 100644
--- a/eeschema/sim/simulator_frame_ui.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/sim/simulator_frame_ui.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <dialogs/dialog_text_entry.h>
 #include <dialogs/dialog_sim_format_value.h>
 #include <eeschema_settings.h>
+#include "kiplatform/app.h"
 
 
 SIM_TRACE_TYPE operator|( SIM_TRACE_TYPE aFirst, SIM_TRACE_TYPE aSecond )
@@ -2552,6 +2553,11 @@ void SIMULATOR_FRAME_UI::OnSimUpdate()
 
 void SIMULATOR_FRAME_UI::OnSimReport( const wxString& aMsg )
 {
+    // Required in win32 to ensure wxTimer events get scheduled in between other events
+    // Or else we may stall them out entirely and never get them during actions like rapid
+    // console updates.
+    KIPLATFORM::APP::ForceTimerMessagesToBeCreatedIfNecessary();
+
     m_simConsole->AppendText( aMsg + "\n" );
     m_simConsole->SetInsertionPointEnd();
 }