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

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010, Rick Sladkey wrote:

> 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...

6Gb might be stressful...

Seriously though, the per-line overhead does keep vile from using all of 
memory for the file's contents.

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

thanks (I'm sidetracked into mawk at the moment - this helps to close 
out changes toward 9.7zc).

> --- ..\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

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