C++ console keyboard events

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Use ReadConsoleInput() API. Watch for events of kind KEY_EVENT. This won’t work for all keydown events (Ctrl-key, shift-key, Pause-key cannot be read), but most can be read.

Use GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents to avoid blocking.

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