Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.8.3.dev7: consuming more RAM?

[Vlad Harchev]

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Frederic L . W . Meunier wrote:

> Hi. Lynx was compiled with
> --enable-warnings --disable-nls --with-screen=ncurses --enable-addrlist-page 
> --enable-charset-choice --enable-cjk --enable-color-style 
> --enable-file-upload 
> --enable-justify-elts --enable-prettysrc --enable-read-eta --enable-scrollbar 
> --enable-source-cache --enable-externs --enable-font-switch 
> --enable-cgi-links 
> --enable-change-exec --enable-exec-links --enable-exec-scripts 
> --enable-nsl-fork
> 
> using ncurses 990731 and gcc 2.95.1 (binutils 2.9.1.0.27).
> What I noticed is that after some browsing it was using more than 6% of
> my RAM. My 2.8.3.dev5 compiled with S-Lang 1.3.8, and browsing a lot,
> after one week just used ~4%. The only changes between the two versions
> are that now I use lss too and was using the scroolbar, but removed it
> from my cfg wondering if it was the cause. Any hints? I also changed in
> userdefs.h
> #define MAXHIST  5120           /* max links we remember in history */        
>   
> #define MAXLINKS 5120           /* max links on one screen */
> (5x)
> 
> to avoid the problem I had before (History list maximum reached...).
> 
> Woo, Lynx with lss is so cool! Now I just need it using less RAM. Ah, a
> question I have since a long time...
> Why the settings for Cookies and User-Agente header aren't saved in the
> ~~/.lynxrc? I need to change both if I restart Lynx.

 With lss lynx, each line holds color style changes. Seems this
mainly increases memory consuption. 
 
> -- 
> Frederic L. W. Meunier \ address@hidden,urbi.com.br}
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> 

 Best regards,
  -Vlad