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From: quiroz@rochester.ARPA (Cesar Quiroz)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: MORE CORE!
Message-ID: <22267@rochester.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 8-Nov-86 00:48:27 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  8 00:48:27 1986
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Summary: check for gc-cons-threshold

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From article <1037@h.cs.cmu.edu> (cef@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