On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:51:12 +0100 (CET)
Wilbert Berendsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> When switching styles, it seems that Blackbox opens new files for the
> directories /usr/share/Blackbox/styles and /home/wilbert/.blackbox/styles,
> without closing the old ones.
> 
> When switching very often blackbox's memory footprint grows considerably,
> and you can see the open files in a process monitor like qps (or kps).
> (With 500+ files open, Blackbox grows over 10000K)
> 
> Restarting Blackbox closes all file handles and return Blackbox to a
> modest 1600K memory footprint (when using a flat-solid style).

That buglet was squashed last February. I no longer have the original post, but I 
diff'd up a patch for use whenever I feel like compiling blackbox from virgin sources. 
You'll (hopefully) find it attached.

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