[gclist] What wrong with the GC in xemacs

ianr@lsl.co.uk ianr@lsl.co.uk
Mon, 15 Apr 96 17:26:57 +0100


> 
> > |   *Something* is.  Emacs is noticeably slower when that vm buffer is
> > |   there, unused, than it is when it isn't.  If it's not the buffer
> > |   itself, maybe there is other data that vm is using to do its job, that
> > |   also takes up significant space?
> 

What efect does using "Syntax Highlighing" have on the number of lisp
objects?  Is there one object for each item highlighted?  This could add
up to a log of objects for the GC to scan.

Ian Ringrose
ianr@lsl.co.uk