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RE: clear the kill-ring and free memory?
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Drew Adams |
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RE: clear the kill-ring and free memory? |
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Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:08:10 -0700 (PDT) |
> > > Sure? What about `kill-ring-yank-pointer' and `yank-menu'?
> >
> > What about them? I don't think that either is a problem (e.g.,
> > "illegal state"). But I'll be glad to be shown wrong.
>
> `kill-ring-yank-pointer': dunno too, but you might get surprised, I
> would set it nil, too.
I really don't think so. Did you try it?
> `yank-menu': Since unfrostedpoptart wants to free memory, I assume that
> he has some really huge kills in his kill ring and wants to get rid of
> these objects in memory. These kills are stored in `yank-menu' too, so
> you'll have to reset this variable to garbage-collect those kills.
Agreed.
I was answering only the question about problems - an "illegal state"
from emptying `kill-ring'. But you are right that emptying it alone
does not solve the memory problem.
`kill-ring-max' takes care of both sets of pastables.
- clear the kill-ring and free memory?, unfrostedpoptart, 2013/09/12
- RE: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Drew Adams, 2013/09/12
- Re: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Michael Heerdegen, 2013/09/12
- RE: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Drew Adams, 2013/09/12
- Re: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Michael Heerdegen, 2013/09/12
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- Re: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Michael Heerdegen, 2013/09/12
- RE: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Drew Adams, 2013/09/12
- Re: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Michael Heerdegen, 2013/09/13
- RE: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Drew Adams, 2013/09/13
- Re: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Michael Heerdegen, 2013/09/13
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- Re: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, unfrostedpoptart, 2013/09/12
Re: clear the kill-ring and free memory?, Stefan Monnier, 2013/09/13