I have been concerned that the fan on my PowerBook runs continuously when developing with RunRev (v2.1.2 under Mac OS 10.3). Tracked it down to a VERY bad bug...

Try this. Open the Activity Monitor and start up the CPU monitor; open the Find & Replace window in RunRev, and type anything into the search field so that the Find button pulsates --- no need to actually start the search. The CPU immediately jumps to running flat out and stays that way, in fact even if you put RunRev into the background and hide it in the dock! (Don't try this with a G4 Powerbook sitting on your lap, it will quickly get unbearably hot.)

This is a Bad Thing! It reduces the response from all running apps, drains the battery unnecessarily and could actually damage the computer in the long term.

There is an easy work-around --- clear the search field after performing a search: the CPU will quickly revert to a more normal 10% or so level and the fan will turn off after cooling the computer. But RunRev needs to fix this in the next version!

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