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bug#405: Emacs 22.2.1 in X behaves improperly when run with low memory l
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#405: Emacs 22.2.1 in X behaves improperly when run with low memory limits |
Date: |
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:42:51 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> When run in an X window session and with low process memory limits, Emacs
> fails to open and/or syntax highlight some files properly. To reproduce,
> run:
> bash --noprofile --norc
> ulimit -d 10240
> emacs
> Open treeset-private.hpp [attached]
> If things are still going smoothly, try turning on font-lock-mode. At this
> point, I get the error 'Invalid regexp: "Regular expression too big"'.
> If the ulimit is set to 8MB instead of 10MB, Emacs encounters this error on
> startup while attempting to load the splash screen. I have encountered
> similar errors while loading or highlighting this file with memory limits up
> to at least 12MB, if not larger. Sometimes the file will fail to load;
What can I say: it needs more memory. That it fails gracefully rather
than crashing and burning is rather good than bad, don't you think?
Stefan