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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-07-14 13:58:07 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-07-14 13:58:07 +0200
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Add clipboard support in Mac console. (Bjorn Winckler)
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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ This also applies when using the MingW tools.
==============================================================================
-2. Locating memory leaks *debug-leaks*
+2. Locating memory leaks *debug-leaks* *valgrind*
If you suspect Vim is leaking memory and you are using Linux, the valgrind
tool is very useful to pinpoint memory leaks.
@@ -47,14 +47,18 @@ tool is very useful to pinpoint memory leaks.
First of all, build Vim with EXITFREE defined. Search for this in MAKEFILE
and uncomment the line.
-Use this command to start Vim: *valgrind*
+Use this command to start Vim:
>
- valgrind --log-file=valgrind.log ./vim
+ valgrind --log-file=valgrind.log --leak-check=full ./vim
Note: Vim will run much slower. If your .vimrc is big or you have several
plugins you need to be patient for startup, or run with the "-u NONE"
argument.
+There are often a few leaks from libraries, such as getpwuid() and
+XtVaAppCreateShell(). Those are unavoidable. The number of bytes should be
+very small a Kbyte or less.
+
==============================================================================
3. Windows Bug Reporting *debug-win32*