Re: Maximum Buffer Size exceeded?

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From: Brian L. Kahn
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:46

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I've gotten this message when I run out of swap space.  I've run out
of swap space just by looking at a number of large files, even if I
close some of them before I move on.  I betcha you are out of swap
space when you get that message.

Apparently emacs18 doesn't reclaim memory alloc'd for buffers or
something like that, so browsing through big files can make emacs a
memory hog.  Someone who knows precisely might post a more complete
answer. 

--
B<   Brian Kahn   blk@security.mitre.org   "may the farce be with you"

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