MORE CORE!

[Charles Fineman]

How can I get more core for my GNU emacs? I feel that it garbage collects *far*
too often (I'm running a reasonably hairy syste. I know about the PURESIZE
constant; is this all I have to change?

~Charlie Fineman (c...@h.cs.cmu.edu)

P.S. GNU EMACS may be king, but HEMLOCK is GOD.

[Cesar Quiroz]

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From article <10...@h.cs.cmu.edu> (c...@h.cs.cmu.edu (Charles Fineman)):

>How can I get more core for my GNU emacs?
>I feel that it garbage collects *far* too often

Take a look at the variable gc-cons-threshold. If your machine
is not a toy (or over-committed) you can go up to a few hundred
thousand and have your gcs spread more. Of course, that means that
when a gc hits, it takes longer.

>P.S. GNU EMACS may be king, but HEMLOCK is GOD.

Hem-what? Mind being more specific?

--
Cesar Augusto Quiroz Gonzalez
Department of Computer Science {allegra|seismo}!rochester!quiroz
University of Rochester or
Rochester, NY 14627 quiroz@ROCHESTER