memory problems with cvs gnu emacs on latest cygwin
emacs user
emacs_user@hotmail.com
Fri Aug 4 03:00:00 GMT 2006
>From: Reini Urban
>emacs user schrieb:
>
> I have reported this problem to the gnu emacs developers a few
>times, but it seems that emacs is not actively maintained for cygwin
>right now. perhaps someone here can help? I am happy to provide more
>details if needed. thanks...
>
> A brief problem description:
>
> memory usage of emacs does not decrease after killing buffers
>with images.
>
>
>This is lisp (emacs lisp), so it's a feature not a bug.
thanks for responding, although this is incorrect, please see below.
>
> emacs.exe -q --no-site-file&
> the memory usage right after startup is 14912;
> after editing a small image: 16452;
> after killing the buffer with the image and using
> M-:(clear-image-cache t)RET: 16476; after editing a large image:
>39164;
> again quit+clear cache: 34484;
> edit small+medium+large images: 58936;
> quit+clear: 87636... (increased!)
>
>
>overall memory usage in most lisp's doesn't decrease on released
> objects. memory usage is reclaimed when the garbage collector
> starts its walk, which happens when there's not enough memory.
>
that's actually not true. the simple observation is that the bug I
describe does not occur on other platforms such as gnu/Linux. memory
is returned to the operating system after the buffer is killed.
best, EU
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