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Article #2164Re: "Memory Exhausted" (nonrecoverable error)
From: Hamish Macdonald
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:43
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:43
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>>>>> On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:58:56 GMT, >>>>> In message <KPC.93Jan21205856@zog.arc.nasa.gov>, >>>>> kpc@pluto.arc.nasa.gov (k p c) wrote: kpc> that's a great idea! unfortunately i tried it and it didn't work kpc> (unless zsh is lying). How *big* is your emacs when it gives you this problem? Emacs may be giving you this error because it cannot allocate *usable* memory. Usable memory is memory whose address will fit in the pointer portion of a lisp object. The default emacs configuration provides for 24 bits for this pointer portion, I believe, limiting you to 16M of lisp-usable memory. It is possible to change this parameter (the instructions are in the FAQ) allowing you up to 26 bits for this pointer portion, allowing you 64M of lisp-usable memory. Unfortunately, this requires a recompile, which you say you cannot do.
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Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!nott!bnrgate!bmerh85!bmerh85!hamish From: Hamish.Macdonald@bnr.ca (Hamish Macdonald) Subject: Re: "Memory Exhausted" (nonrecoverable error) In-Reply-To: kpc@pluto.arc.nasa.gov's message of Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:58:56 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan22.144324.26353@bmerh85.bnr.ca> Lines: 23 Sender: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News) Organization: Bell Northern Research References: <KPC.93Jan19181054@zog.arc.nasa.gov> <ofLYhH200XQDAcUscW@andrew.cmu.edu> <KPC.93Jan21205856@zog.arc.nasa.gov> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:43:24 GMT