Re: How to debug memory leaks

[edgar]

Robert Thorpe wrote:
> I think you mentioned a while ago that you use shell-mode.  In that 
> mode
> Emacs keeps a buffer with all of the shell activity in it.  By default
> it doesn't remove anything, at least on my Emacs.
>
> Some programs give out a lot of text on standard output.  These 
> programs
> can make your shell buffers very large and cause them to consume lots 
> of
> memory.
>
> In the Emacs manual it gives ways of limiting the size of these 
> buffers.
>
> BR,
> Robert Thorpe

Thanks, Robert. I'll look into it :) .