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Article #5869Re: Why doesn't removing fonts/DA's make system smaller?
From: Joel B Levin
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1989 13:39
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1989 13:39
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Fonts and DAs are not loaded into RAM until they are actually used; so whether they are in the System file or not, they don't affect the amount of memory used (as shown in "about Finder") until you call for them. If you are not running under MultiFinder, they will never affect this amount of memory (unless they explicitly do something which uses the system heap). Under MultiFinder, fonts and DAs are normally loaded into the system heap, but when they are no longer in use, the space they occupied MAY be reclaimed. /JBL
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!bbn!bbn.com!levin From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Why doesn't removing fonts/DA's make system smaller? Message-ID: <46523@bbn.COM> Date: 5 Oct 89 13:39:12 GMT References: <6983@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: levin@BBN.COM (Joel B Levin) Organization: BBN Communications Corporation Lines: 10