From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ralf Angeli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs22 takes too much memory Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:49:50 +0100 Organization: nil Message-ID: <4585914d$0$18834$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> References: <45857dc5$0$18834$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <45858283.6020800@163.com> <458585c9$0$18834$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> Reply-To: angeli@caeruleus.net NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166384435 22701 80.91.229.10 (17 Dec 2006 19:40:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 17 20:40:33 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gw1s4-0007Lj-0O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:40:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gw1s3-0000Rp-Ei for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:40:27 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsserver.news.garr.it!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.belwue.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool2.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody Cancel-Lock: sha1:NyS51LFVmd3XkMC6Skec4ulxiw0= Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Dec 2006 19:49:49 CET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: e3b74b1d.newsspool4.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=; nOATJP5aOJ6PJ?[X6JIXE4IUK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39671 Archived-At: * Ronald (2006-12-17) writes: >> That was a joke (cf. etc/JOKES). Compared to many "current" programs >> Emacs is actually quite lean; at least under the conditions I've used >> it. I suggest you try to find out which conditions or add-ons trigger >> the high memory by starting with an empty .emacs file and enabling >> features one after the other. > > It's about 10MB at first. Here as well. And it usually does not become larger than 25 or 30MB. But these values certainly depend on what one is doing with Emacs and which parts and add-ons are involved. > I have no idea why I grows so much. That's why you should monitor memory usage and relate its growth to actions you are performing. Without such information it's difficult to identify the ultimate cause of it. -- Ralf