memory exhausted

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From: k p c
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:50

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frequently i get a "Memory Exhausted" message, after which most
commands, including ^X^C and sometimes ^Z, are useless.  this occurs
when editing large files or uncompressing files as small as 2.5MB,
even when no other processes are running (although it is worse when
other processes are running).

the configuration is gnu emacs 18.58 with allegro extensions on a
sparc 2 with 40MB physical memory. 

can emacs be fixed to have it be useful when this happens?  do emacs
19 or lucid emacs provide a solution?  (does lemacs work on ascii
terminals yet?)  would increasing swap help?

thanks.  could you please respond by email if you can?  i don't read
these newsgroups.

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