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bug#18501: Acknowledgement (24.3.93; OS X; crash in free() when calling
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Dmitry Antipov |
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bug#18501: Acknowledgement (24.3.93; OS X; crash in free() when calling macfont_close()) |
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Sun, 21 Sep 2014 09:03:55 +0400 |
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On 09/21/2014 02:08 AM, Jim Radford wrote:
I'm curious, why not just let the GC clean up the fonts in all cases?
This should be possible, but probably requires a substantial rewrite
of font.c and type-specific font drivers (xfont.c, w32font.c, etc).
Initially font cleanup at GC was introduced as a workaround for some
flaws in current font management subsystem. See
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-10/msg00740.html
Wouldn't they then also stay cached across frame-create /
frame-delete?
This should be possible too, but it's hard to say whether it's really
worth doing. I just don't see a usage pattern where frames are created
and deleted often enough so any caching makes sense.
Dmitry