[slim-vim] kill(2) for Windows

[Brad Beveridge]

On 31/08/06, Jim Bailey <dgym.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You will need the process handle - obtained during the CreateProcess()
> (or spawn) call, then you can:
>
> BOOL TerminateProcess(
>   HANDLE hProcess,  // handle to the process
>   UINT uExitCode   // exit code for the process
>   );
>
> If you need to test is a process is still alive I think you can use
> WaitForSingleObject(...) with a very short (maybe 0) time out to do
> that.
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:54:19 -0400
> Larry Clapp <larry at theclapp.org> wrote:
>
> > Greetings.  Trying to compile Vim+ECL for native Win32, Brad's
> > cl_vim_kill_int() doesn't compile, because Windows doesn't have a
> > kill() function (or possibly I'm just stupid and haven't found the
> > correct include file).
> >
> > So, if you know how to do what kill does (on Unix) on Windows (i.e.
> > terminate a process or test if it still exists), please speak up.  I
> > Googled around a bit and found several ways to *catch* signals but no
> > way to *send* them.  (Or, again, maybe I'm just stupid.  :)  I'm using
> > Microsoft Visual C++ 8, aka (I think) Visual Studio 2005.
> >
> > (I #ifdef'ed out that code and got a clean compile, so I'm pretty
> > close to having a good Vim/Win32 to post.)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -- Larry

Can/do Lisp's that run on Windows (ie, CLISP) catch that signal and
BREAK?  I use kill to both terminate the Lisp process, and send
SIGINT.

Cheers
Brad