Paul F. Butler wrote:
>How much heap does alt.rec consume?
No idea exactly. All expansions are gathered in an array for faster
process. I may save this array in a soup entry if you complain about heap
waste (I have nearly 200 expansions, and I feel no problem about it yet; I
have a MP2100). The remaining heap usage is limited to the patches & the
global vars it uses (mostly to re-install the stuff back when it is removed
and one global var used as a sempahore signal).
>Are the expansions and custom dictionary
>words saved when updating to the next version?
There are two kind of expansions:
(a) system expansions: these are saved in the system soup in the expand
dictionary. This dictionary includes (in the dict data, hence compressed)
all macros (for example, philo) and in a separated array (hence not
compressed) all expanded material (e.g. philosophy).
(b) alt.rec.... macros. They are installed in a soup,
|Expansions@alt.rec....:Paul's Software|, and gathered in four variables in
the alt.rec.... application frame for faster computation. These variables
are arrays, re-computed everytime you quit the expansions editor. Hence, if
you keep it opened, newly added/changed expansions won't be used.
Custom dictionary is just system user dictionary, saved in the system soup.
You can use DictMgr to manage it. (although the current version is *not*
perfectly stable).
Regards,
Paul
>On the seventh day, God turned off God's Mac.
And He turned on His Newton.
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