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>> Has anyone here tested emacs X resource usage with xrestop say.
>>
>> Mathieu reported that Emacs 21.3 and cvs --with-gtk seems to leak 
>> memory
>> considerably when displaying graphics.
>>
>>   http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120677
>>
>> Probably something worth investigating more.
>
> Have you tried lowering the value of image-cache-eviction-delay?
> Try a couple of minutes.

Also see if evaling (clear-image-cache t) lowers the resource usage.
It would tell if the resources are really lost or just not emptied
from the cache.

	Jan D.