Re: emacs resource usage

[Jan D.]

> > Has anyone here tested emacs X resource usage with xrestop say.
> >
> > Mathieu reported that Emacs 21.3 and cvs --with-gtk seems to leak 
> > memory
> > considerably when displaying graphics.
> >
> >   http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120677
> >
> > Probably something worth investigating more.
>
> Have you tried lowering the value of image-cache-eviction-delay?
> Try a couple of minutes.

Also see if evaling (clear-image-cache t) lowers the resource usage.
It would tell if the resources are really lost or just not emptied
from the cache.

        Jan D.