From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Aug 23 13:01:13 2011 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Aug 2011 17:01:13 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QvuLg-00054U-UY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:01:13 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qvu5u-0003Jq-5p for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:44:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qvu3U-0002X4-Ch for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:42:25 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:52522) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qvu3U-0002X0-BF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:42:24 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38232) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qvu3P-0000nZ-KY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:42:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qvu3O-0002Pc-5p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:42:19 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:56315) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qvu3N-0002PC-Mm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:42:18 -0400 Received: from surgitaix.com (xdsl-89-0-18-132.netcologne.de [89.0.18.132]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MLC4r-1Qvd4R1ZUv-000F5N; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:42:14 +0200 X-Hashcash: 1:20:110823:christoph.conrad@gmx.de::ZeO8Hd+XsJGnC9Gg:000000000000000000000000000000000000000Jm4 From: "Christoph Conrad" To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: GNU/Emacs 23.3, Windows 7: Very huge .emacs-places can cause problems Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:37:44 +0200 X-Hashcash: 1:20:110823:bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org::O5Mj52iXizP+L6Cb:00000000000000000000000000000000000000001Goq Message-ID: <854o185bbn.fsf@ID-24456.user.uni-berlin.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:fEMXqchAtGYCX+4s+6BQJrB9SLTknsUSbUUCFDD5JwC zaVPSK0qDWMkwlWyEyHQBtPUdkV464Uf2Yk8nh7qCaSKd28VVm 9yL2qp2IiS0EbYYUwp/aOlOYjyGDDW80RevXTY1gMMHxfUGlHx qtPtpUnU/z0INgVtT4Ql52MNlWgDXbJsjVuWTvpmYjWZsMUfxf OV/75vdheSaIWC+Q3pzQg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:01:11 -0400 Cc: christoph.conrad@gmx.de X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) Hi, after several investigation i found out the reason for crashing my emacs crashing several times today. I use ;; Shortcut for saving desktop and saveplaces (global-set-key (kbd "S-") '( lambda () (interactive) (save-place-alist-to-file) (desktop-save desktop-dirname))) sometimes t save my "session". Today emacs showed me a message after that every time, "memory exhausted", and after two or three times he crashed repeatable. After some time i found out that my ".emacs-places" over the years had reached a size of nearly 50 MB. I deleted it, problem gone. In GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt4.0.1381) of 2011-03-10 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 4.0.1381 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/imagesupport/include' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: DEU value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: cp1252 default enable-multibyte-characters: t From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Aug 24 00:14:51 2011 Received: (at 9352) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Aug 2011 04:14:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qw4ra-0000te-P6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:14:50 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qw4rY-0000tT-Ip for 9352@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:14:49 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57069) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qw4p7-00015y-6J; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:12:17 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: "Christoph Conrad" Subject: Re: bug#9352: GNU/Emacs 23.3, Windows 7: Very huge .emacs-places can cause problems References: <854o185bbn.fsf@ID-24456.user.uni-berlin.de> X-Spook: Ortega Bellcore brigand Europol mania insurgency JUWTF X-Ran: 3ILCXlo9,y0:qG(JF)S4i*hG$H46@K(ahA6GVZr4C+>]|&}RR#JhyAFd0A0-(3xlY49&A# X-Hue: black X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:12:16 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 9352 Cc: 9352@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) "Christoph Conrad" wrote: > After some time i found out that my ".emacs-places" over the years had > reached a size of nearly 50 MB. I deleted it, problem gone. Perhaps the default value for save-place-limit should be changed to something large-ish but finite. Eg 400? (I've had it set to 200 for many years with no ill effects.) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Aug 26 20:55:41 2011 Received: (at 9352-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Aug 2011 00:55:41 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qx7BU-0003j0-LO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:55:41 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qx7BS-0003it-0X for 9352-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:55:39 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37673) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qx78k-0002mR-Bm; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:52:50 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: 9352-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#9352: GNU/Emacs 23.3, Windows 7: Very huge .emacs-places can cause problems References: <854o185bbn.fsf@ID-24456.user.uni-berlin.de> X-Spook: arrangements Albania MD5 ammunition Commecen 64 Vauxhall X-Ran: &R}exAyt!RAM)GMkHk#teJS[JV_(9V~9bnW_y}J"h`[27Z-]xT1m?XG^3Z)aUU0R`Y;}5D X-Hue: black X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:52:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:12:16 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 9352-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) Version: 24.1 Glenn Morris wrote: > Perhaps the default value for save-place-limit should be changed to > something large-ish but finite. 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