RE: [vile] Console hang on exit (Win32)

[Rick Sladkey]

First, I'm happy to report that vile compiles cleanly out of the box
using the Visual Studio 64-bit compiler.  Just set up the environment
variables:

        "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
9.0\VC\bin\amd64\vcvarsamd64.bat"

and build as usual.  Now I can edit those 6 gigabyte text files that
have been eluding me...

As far as my origin issue, I've fixed the console hang on exit and the
problem was fairly straightforward:

--- ..\orig\vile-9.7zb/main.c   2010-01-29 20:09:13.000000000 -0500
+++ main.c      2010-02-21 01:50:54.793200500 -0500
@@ -1244,6 +1244,9 @@
 #if DISP_NTWIN
     winvile_cleanup();
 #endif
+#if DISP_NTCONS
+    term.close();
+#endif
 #if DISP_X11
     term.close();              /* need this if $xshell left subprocesses */
 #endif

It turns out that ntconio_close was never being called at all.  In fact
this fixes both of the console hangs I reported.

I also have a patch to prevent an fstat assert when compiled for debugging:

--- ..\orig\vile-9.7zb/fileio.c 2009-10-05 21:02:15.000000000 -0400
+++ fileio.c    2010-02-21 00:51:24.936250500 -0500
@@ -459,8 +459,12 @@
      * the symbols for portability.
      */
 #ifndef X_OK
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define X_OK 0
+#else
 #define X_OK 1
 #endif
+#endif
 #ifndef W_OK
 #define W_OK 2
 #endif