C475141@umcvmb.missouri.edu (BRIAN WHITMAN) (07/08/89)
I have an A1000 with only 512k. So my amount of memory is very limited. I would like to see there be someway to be able to "UnLoad" WB. Now as usual for me, this probably already exists. Thus just point my nose in the right direction and tell me what to sniff for and I'll try to find it; however though, if this doesn't exists could we have something like this for those of us with limited memory. It sure would be nice when you want to pop into WB for a couple minutes and then be able to use that memory for some other task then. I hope you understand what I am looking for. Thanks Brian E Whitman C475141@UMCVMB.BITNET UC475141@UMCVMB.BITNET
daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) (07/10/89)
In article <19244@louie.udel.EDU> C475141@umcvmb.missouri.edu (BRIAN WHITMAN) writes: >I have an A1000 with only 512k. So my amount of memory is very limited. >I would like to see there be someway to be able to "UnLoad" WB. Now as >usual for me, this probably already exists. Thus just point my nose in >the right direction and tell me what to sniff for and I'll try to find >it; however though, if this doesn't exists could we have something like >this for those of us with limited memory. It sure would be nice when >you want to pop into WB for a couple minutes and then be able to use that >memory for some other task then. > >I hope you understand what I am looking for. > I understand what you're lokking for but it isn't really possible with the current version of Workbench. V1.3 and before were written to never be expundge, quited, etc. The closest they have to shutting down is the open/close intuition call which removes some of wb's memory usage but not along the lines of the amount you're interested in. I am hoping to put a Quit menu option in V1.4 workbench that will completely shut it down, free all memory, etc. If you want to try it yourself here's the problem you're up against. In most cases the current version does not track ANY of its allocations; memory, ports, etc. So if you could get the program to unload you'd have lots of stuff floating around. david