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Bill in Co.
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Re: Clear Clipboard
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:uT$ajbn1IHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> One thing is obvious, however (and this may be what you're getting at):
>> If you copy something to the clipboard, it IS using RAM to store it for
>> immediate access
>
> What makes you say that? Not obvious to me at all. In fact, the opposite.
> I
> see no reason or documentation that the Clipboard has any higher priority
> than most stuff in memory and should be able to be swapped out with no
> problem.
Priority? Where did I mention anything about priority?
All I'm saying is: if you paste a picture (image) into the clipboard, the
clipboard IS using some memory to hold it. RAM memory, of course. And
usually it's minimal, but it is *still* being used to hold that image.
>> If you want to (or feel compulsed to) free up that RAM, you can always do
>> what was already mentioned: i.e, just copy a bit of text, and that will
>> overwrite what was in there before, OR use the clear clipboard utility
>> mentioned by Glen. But you really don't need to this all that often,
>> in practice, from what I've seen.
>
> You know darned well that there's no such thing as "free RAM" in a healthy
> Win98 system. That would be wasting it.
> http://aumha.org/win4/a/memmgmt.htm
>
> (How many times have you seen that link, Bill? Surely you've read it.)
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com
>
>
>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>>> I spent twenty minutes searching Google and Microsoft.com. Simply
>>> reading
>>> that stuff clearly implied that dadiOH is wrong. My message to him was a
>>> challenge to show evidence for what he suggests, since on the face of
>>> it,
>>> and based upon personal experience, it makes no sense.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> http://grystmill.com
>>>
>>> "S1L1Y1" <s1l1y1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%235Xkkki1IHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> How can I found that information?
>>>> Sol
>>>> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
>>>> news:eDd%23bYi1IHA.5944@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> That would imply that the amount of data you can put into the
>>>>> clipboard
>>>>> is
>>>>> limited. Would you happen to know how large the reserved chunk of
>>>>> memory is?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>>>> http://grystmill.com
>>>>>
>>>>> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uAsjWUi1IHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> S1L1Y1 wrote:
>>>>>>> I copied many pages of a PDF. file at it says it saves it in my
>>>>>>> clipboard. I noticed that even after I close the file it still stays
>>>>>>> in the clipboard at uses up memory. Why does this happen, and how
>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>> I clear it manually?
>>>>>>> Sol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A block of memory is used for the clipboard. It doesn't matter what
>>>>>> is in
>>>>>> it, no additional memory is being used. "Clearing" it wouldn't give
>>>>>> you
>>>> a
>>>>>> single byte more of available RAM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dadiOH
>>>>>> ____________________________
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
>>>>>> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
>>>>>> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
>>>>>> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:uT$ajbn1IHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> One thing is obvious, however (and this may be what you're getting at):
>> If you copy something to the clipboard, it IS using RAM to store it for
>> immediate access
>
> What makes you say that? Not obvious to me at all. In fact, the opposite.
> I
> see no reason or documentation that the Clipboard has any higher priority
> than most stuff in memory and should be able to be swapped out with no
> problem.
Priority? Where did I mention anything about priority?
All I'm saying is: if you paste a picture (image) into the clipboard, the
clipboard IS using some memory to hold it. RAM memory, of course. And
usually it's minimal, but it is *still* being used to hold that image.
>> If you want to (or feel compulsed to) free up that RAM, you can always do
>> what was already mentioned: i.e, just copy a bit of text, and that will
>> overwrite what was in there before, OR use the clear clipboard utility
>> mentioned by Glen. But you really don't need to this all that often,
>> in practice, from what I've seen.
>
> You know darned well that there's no such thing as "free RAM" in a healthy
> Win98 system. That would be wasting it.
> http://aumha.org/win4/a/memmgmt.htm
>
> (How many times have you seen that link, Bill? Surely you've read it.)
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com
>
>
>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>>> I spent twenty minutes searching Google and Microsoft.com. Simply
>>> reading
>>> that stuff clearly implied that dadiOH is wrong. My message to him was a
>>> challenge to show evidence for what he suggests, since on the face of
>>> it,
>>> and based upon personal experience, it makes no sense.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> http://grystmill.com
>>>
>>> "S1L1Y1" <s1l1y1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%235Xkkki1IHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> How can I found that information?
>>>> Sol
>>>> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
>>>> news:eDd%23bYi1IHA.5944@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> That would imply that the amount of data you can put into the
>>>>> clipboard
>>>>> is
>>>>> limited. Would you happen to know how large the reserved chunk of
>>>>> memory is?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>>>> http://grystmill.com
>>>>>
>>>>> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uAsjWUi1IHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> S1L1Y1 wrote:
>>>>>>> I copied many pages of a PDF. file at it says it saves it in my
>>>>>>> clipboard. I noticed that even after I close the file it still stays
>>>>>>> in the clipboard at uses up memory. Why does this happen, and how
>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>> I clear it manually?
>>>>>>> Sol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A block of memory is used for the clipboard. It doesn't matter what
>>>>>> is in
>>>>>> it, no additional memory is being used. "Clearing" it wouldn't give
>>>>>> you
>>>> a
>>>>>> single byte more of available RAM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dadiOH
>>>>>> ____________________________
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
>>>>>> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
>>>>>> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
>>>>>> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
