Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

>> Interested parties might want to see >> where I have posted >> screenshots of the "About this computer" dialog before launching revolution >> on the quadra and after it has choked because the system ran out of ram. >-- >That just pro

Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

>"Ken Norris (dialup)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >on 3/19/02 9:26 AM, Martin Baxter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I've concluded that what's happening on the quadra, and I think the >> screenshot clearly shows this, is that revolution isn't using its own >> application memory partition for d

Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

Thank you for the explanation Scott, helpful and informative as ever. I may not be able to read the transcript dictionary at home yet, but as a side effect of trying, I've learned some useful things about how this software works that allows me to conceptualise what I'm working with more confident

Re: Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

on 3/19/02 9:26 AM, Martin Baxter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've concluded that what's happening on the quadra, and I think the > screenshot clearly shows this, is that revolution isn't using its own > application memory partition for documents and data and instead is loading > them into the

RE: Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

Huh?, Where an application is installed has no bearing on whether the app uses memory in its own space or in the system heap. It's all controlled by how the app allocates memory. If indeed Rev allocates memory from the system heap, then to optimize memory usage on a low memory mac, you should decr

Re: Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've concluded that what's happening on the quadra, and I think the > screenshot clearly shows this, is that revolution isn't using its own > application memory partition for documents and data and instead is loading > them into the operating syste

Re: Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

on 3/19/02 11:27 AM, Yates, Glen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Huh?, Where an application is installed has no bearing on whether the app > uses memory in its own space or in the system heap. It's all controlled by > how the app allocates memory. If indeed Rev allocates memory from the system > he

Re: Ah, I see what's happening (was quadra system bloat)

on 3/19/02 3:49 PM, Martin Baxter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Do you see what I'm saying now Ken ? -- Yeah, I do now. I'm not always cognitive about exactly how things are supposed to work, but thanks to folks like you, I am learning. Reading Scott Raney's explanation may help us under