Hi Tony I came across this article which might be relevant:
http://www.pingnuts.com/top-5-add-ons-to-monitor-firefox-high-memory-usage/ It seems that there is an entire industry of addons that can monitor Firefox's memory usage and warn/restart when it gets too high. Best wishes Jeremy On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Yakov <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Tony, > > as for debugging, that is not likely to be easy, but there are some > consistent techniques.. > > In short, what you can do is the following: > > 1. find the sequence of function calls that take place on saving. Probably > start from function saveChanges, then there's saveMain function etc. > 2. find places in that sequence where the text of the TW file to save > appears > 3. overwrite those functions, one at time: create a plugin with code like > > //{{{ > saveChanges = function(...) { > ... // body of the function > } > //}}} > > where the the body of the function is copied from the core, but also > > console.log(text_of_the_TW_file_to_save) > > is added which will allow you to track whether the text is still ok in > that function or got blank (you can also use alert or displayMessage, but > be aware that sometimes displayMessage doesn't show a message at all > because of different refreshing mechanisms). > > 4. reproduce your problem and see what console shows for that function > 5. moving from function to function, find the place where the text turns > blank > 6. report that in the TiddlyWikiDev group so that guys who deal with > coding can investigate further > > Best regards, > Yakov. > > вторник, 16 июля 2013 г., 14:01:19 UTC+4 пользователь TonyM написал: > >> As raised previously but now with more clarity. >> >> I am desperate if not for a solution some debugging tips beyond those I >> have tried. >> >> My TiddlyWiki - Now Version 2.8.1 Running on FireFox 22.0 with TiddlyFox >> 1.0alpha16 intermittently abends firefox on Saving. I am running Windows 7 >> 32bit and alternativly Windows 64 Bit - Same problem observed - Perhaps >> less on Windows 64bit. >> >> - Of note and possible relevance is my TiddlyWiki is 13,800KB in size >> - The tiddlywiki file becomes 0 bytes in length and all updates lost. >> Unfortunatly Text Area cache looses its content so I can not recover. >> - I have eliminated every TiddlyWiki Plugin as the cause, and every >> FF Addon except TiddlyFox which I require >> - I have tried multiple Portable and Local Installs of TiddlyWiki on >> Multiple computers and versions >> - I have eliminated the possibility of using a subst drive and >> Dropbox (local copy) >> - I can not get my tiddlywiki working in any other browser than >> FireFox >> >> The failure often occurs very unpredictably but always on save. The >> Longer I leave it before a save and a regular shutdown and restart of FF >> the more likely it is to occur. >> >> I can reproduce the failure almost always by disabling TiddlyFox and >> selecting save. >> >> My Experience suggests the problem is as follows; >> >> - After a period of time TiddlyFox has a bug which forces the save to >> fallback on the new save dialogue process >> - The Save Dialogue process can not cope and abends >> >> *An educated view* >> One or both TiddlyFox and the new save routines may have a problem with >> the size of the tiddlywiki or have some dependance on the computer or >> firefoxe resources that are eaten away over time. When it gets imposable to >> save a computer reboot is required before it comes good suggesting leakage >> of some sort. >> >> *Desperate Help Needed* >> How can I get more diagnostic info after (or before) a FF Abend ? >> How can I determine what if any resource issue exists when the problem >> occurs. >> >> Any insight what so ever would be appreciated. Please forgive a Cross >> Post in TiddlyWiki group >> >> Tony Muscio > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWikiDev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
