From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Clemens Fischer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: exceeding lisp pointer size? Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:37:55 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <841xy02zkh.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068817419 29346 80.91.224.253 (14 Nov 2003 13:43:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:43:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 14 14:43:37 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKeEa-0007w7-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:43:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AKfAo-0000ee-1s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:43:46 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AKf9g-0000Ql-CQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:42:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AKf94-00089M-BN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:42:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AKf90-00087Y-Sj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:41:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKeBZ-00007P-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:40:29 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKeBX-00007H-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:40:27 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKeBX-0007Vd-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:40:27 +0100 Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QjSHCnhVlXtLpTCDoTXApNAlmKM= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14175 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14175 * 2003-06-11 Kai Gro=C3=9Fjohann: > clemens fischer writes: > >> i got a warning from my trusty emacs-21 on freebsd: >> >> 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. >> >> this is not always reproducable, but it usually happens when >> pasting/yanking large (X-)selections (a few hundred lines). > > Fascinating. I get it after `J s' in Gnus. More and more people get > it -- perhaps it's an Emacs issue instead of a Gnus issue? But you > use a current Gnus, too. it just got even more fascinating: if i use xsel(1), no error is flashed and the pasting works. but this used to happen everywhere in emacs, not only gnus. (emacs-version) "GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-unknown-freebsd4.8, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2003-08-10" clemens