Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!glennr
From: glennr@cognos.uucp (Glenn Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MultiFinder Woes
Message-ID: <2078@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 17:11:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: cognos.2078
Posted: Fri Jan 15 12:11:54 1988
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, Canada
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[Munch!]

Perhaps this has been discussed before, but since I just got a copy of the
new system software, I thought I'd raise a point concerning the system heap
under Multifinder. Forgive me if I'm repeating old news ...

System resources, such as fonts, are now loaded into the system heap instead
of the application heap. Unfortunately, they never seem to be purged. This
can have disastrous effects. For instance, I can run Edit, then run, say,
MacDraw, and use every font in my system file. Now, if I quit MacDraw, and try
to go back into Edit, I find that there isn't enough space on my lowly MacPlus
to launch Edit. 

A question for the net, and Apple in particular:
Is there any way to cause MultiFinder to compact the system heap and throw
away resources such as FONTs and FONDs (the most obvious candidates)? Are there
any plans to enhance the memory allocation under MultiFinder to try system heap
compaction when it can't find enough space to launch? (I would think
MultiFinder would want to do this before launching ANY application).

Any and all constructive comments are welcome!

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