>>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Jones <kyle_jones(a)wonderworks.com> writes:
    >> 1.  Every once in a while xemacs starts sucking up 100% CPU for 10-15
    >> seconds.  I see this happen most often in xemacs when I'm running
    >> VM and GNUS.  If I press C-g, I see a message that says vm-itimer
    >> "quit" for a second or two.  Nothing bad seems to happen when I do
    >> this.
    Kyle> This is probably VM activity.  Check the message log and you'll
    Kyle> likely see a message about the "vm-flush" itimer quitting.  See
    Kyle> the documentation for the variable vm-flush-interval to understand
    Kyle> why this timer exists.
I checked the message log, and those messages have been deleted.  When
this happens I again, I'll take a look.
However, according the the docstring for vm-flush-interval (currently
set to 90), it's supposed to terminate the flush when I type
something.  This doesn't seem to be happening.
    >> 2.  Sometimes, my garbage collection cursor (big recycle icon) doesn't
    >> show, even though I see many "Garbage collecting" messages in the
    >> message area.
    >> 
    >> Any one see these?  
    Kyle> The echo area message is an indication that XEmacs thought it
    Kyle> could not change the cursor.  Does this usually happen just after
    Kyle> a frame has been created?
I'm not sure.  I usually only see these when I run VM and GNUS
together.  I do know, though, that, on occasion, there are no GC
messages in the echo area and no GC cursor, but I'm pretty sure GC is
happening because I can here the disk grinding and I'm not doing
anything else.  I have large e-mail buffers and too little
memory. :-(
I'll watch out more carefully for these things next time.
Ray