Default window split

Default window split

[Kenneth Brun]

Hi,

First, to your info: I'm a total Emacs newbie!

Why does emacs splits the window, whenever I open a (text) file?

The top buffer contains the actual file and the buttom buffer contains
the following:
"Warning: memory in use exceeds lisp pointer size
Killing some buffers may delay running out of memory.
However, certainly by the time you receive the 95% warning,
you should clean up, kill this Emacs, and start a new one."

Is it possible to get rid of this?

Thanks.

/Kenneth

Re: Default window split

[nelson.ingersoll]

First and foremost, Emacs is warning you that it is experiencing
problems.  It is telling you that it believes you are in danger of
losing work.  Therefore, just getting rid of the window is in fact just
killing the messenger.    The error is telling you that there is a
memory problem of some sort.  Resolving the memory problem will resolve
the message will resolve the window issue.

What release of Emacs are you running and where did you get it?

What OS?

How much RAM is on your system?

Does the error message appear immediately upon starting Emacs or only
after it has been running for a while?

Are you editing LARGE files?  10MB+ sized files?

Does your Swiss bank account have a lot of money in it?

- Nelson

Re: Default window split

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 14.02.2006 um 15:28 schrieb Kenneth Brun:

> Is it possible to get rid of this?

By opening smaller files. How big are they?

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Re: Default window split

[Kenneth Brun]

>What release of Emacs are you running and where did you get it?

>What OS?

GNU Emacs 21.1.2 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6, X toolkit) of 2001-11-08 on
flc0000

>How much RAM is on your system?

Memory: 8192M real, 6789M free, 308M swap in use, 36G swap free

(Company server)

>Does the error message appear immediately upon starting Emacs or only
>after it has been running for a while?

Immediately.

>Are you editing LARGE files?  10MB+ sized files?

Nope. I.e. 431 bytes. And it even happends when I just open the editor
without any files..

>Does your Swiss bank account have a lot of money in it?

Yep. But don't tell anyone.

Thanks.

/Kenneth

Re: Default window split

[Kenneth Brun]

>By opening smaller files. How big are they?

In the vicinity of 0 byte

/Kenneth

Re: Default window split

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.02.2006 um 11:17 schrieb Kenneth Brun:

>> What OS?
>
> GNU Emacs 21.1.2 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6, X toolkit) of 2001-11-08 on
> flc0000

Now it's 2006 and the OS is probably Solaris 9 or 10 -- could be some  
interface has changed since the days of Solaris 2.6.

Can you check with a more recently compiled GNU Emacs, or a more  
recent version of GNU Emacs for your OS' recent version? There are  
some public places to download *packages* of software that are easily  
installed and de-installed ...

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   Pete

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Re: Default window split

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.02.2006 um 11:18 schrieb Kenneth Brun:

>> By opening smaller files. How big are they?
>
> In the vicinity of 0 byte

If it's *not* the antique version of GNU Emacs, then it might be due  
to your customisation. Have you tried to launch GNU Emacs with option  
-Q or '--no-site-file --no-init-file' or --no-shared-memory? How is  
it when you launch it in a terminal emulation with -nw?

Is /tmp writable for all?

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   Pete

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pencil surpass him in intelligence. (Ernst Mach)

Re: Default window split

[Kenneth Brun]

>If it's *not* the antique version of GNU Emacs, then it might be due
>to your customisation. Have you tried to launch GNU Emacs with option
>-Q or '--no-site-file --no-init-file' or --no-shared-memory?

None of it seems to work...

> How is it when you launch it in a terminal emulation with -nw?

It doesn't show the message. But emacs is not worth much in this mode
:-)

>Is /tmp writable for all?

Yes.

Thanks,

/Kenneth

Re: Default window split

[Kenneth Brun]

>Can you check with a more recently compiled GNU Emacs, or a more
>recent version of GNU Emacs for your OS' recent version? There are
>some public places to download *packages* of software that are easily
>installed and de-installed ...

I'm not in charge of that. I'll ask the IT dept., if it is possible.
Thanks so far!

/Kenneth

Re: Default window split

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.02.2006 um 14:03 schrieb Kenneth Brun:

>> If it's *not* the antique version of GNU Emacs, then it might be due
>> to your customisation. Have you tried to launch GNU Emacs with option
>> -Q or '--no-site-file --no-init-file' or --no-shared-memory?
>
> None of it seems to work...
>
>> How is it when you launch it in a terminal emulation with -nw?
>
> It doesn't show the message. But emacs is not worth much in this mode
> :-)
>
>> Is /tmp writable for all?
>
> Yes.

So it could be an X11 related problem ...

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