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- 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>
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- 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
-
- >>>>> 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.
-