"Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru> writes:

> > NetBSD-current 1.5V.
> > 
> > Lot of things changed around recently so I can't really say when I started
> > seeing this.
> > 
> > The effect is easy to observe with acroread. When I try to view
> > .pdf file, swap usage will keep increasing causing hang in few minutes.
> > Sometimes one click in acroread is worth 1MB of swap space. I see
> > similiar effects with certain other applications.
> 
> Hmm, I've seen this with FreeBSD -STABLE (of April).  acroread4 got
> extremely large and swapped like crazy after I extensively searched
> several big documents.

 Launch acroread4,

  File -> Preferences -> General -> Use page cache -> Off

 This feature really causes HUGE memory footprint.

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        -- Oleg Polianski <Oleg.Polianski@clear.co.nz>