Re: [schierlm@gmx.de: Display problems after lots of different (generated) images have been shown]

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

> I have an eLisp file that dynamically generates XPM images and shows
> them (25 at a time, and then they are removed from the buffer again).
>
> After using Emacs for a while, it seems that Emacs has problems
> redisplaying itself (not only the images, but also other graphical
> elements display incorrectly).
>
> If I still used Win98 I'd say it is a lack of GDI objects, but I am
> using WinXP and do not think one could reach the GDI object limit there.
>
> I am sure that I do not hold any stale references to these images, but
> it seems that they still consume some kind of resources. Killing buffers
> or running M-x garbage-collect does not help either.
>
> The leak occurs both with xpm and xbm files (which are the only two
> formats suitable for dynamic generation in my opinion). The problem does
> not occur if the same image is shown over and over, only if images are
> different.

I think this was due to a memory leak in xpm_load that was fixed in
June.