From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: memory tken by emacs
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:23:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvttysbmu0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAJcAo8tP3bs=2OAKPExp4L+LSJDBw0L2e4=DoAQfeBqYJGP1+w@mail.gmail.com
>>> also, if i kill a buffer and gc, will it reduce memory?
>> If it can, it will, yes.
> i've killed all buffers using ibuffer and no difference.
It's considered normal and acceptable that memory allocated to a process
is returned to the OS only when the process dies.
Some efforts are made to return memory to the OS when possible, but
less common than most users (and developers) expect.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-10 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-02 6:36 memory tken by emacs Samuel Wales
2023-02-02 9:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-03 17:17 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-02-09 22:58 ` Samuel Wales
2023-02-14 3:57 ` Samuel Wales
2023-03-08 4:53 ` Samuel Wales
2023-03-10 16:23 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2023-02-02 22:20 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2023-02-03 4:02 ` Samuel Wales
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