Gnome vfs loads the *entire* mime system here:

{{{static void vfs_change_cb (GnomeVFSMIMEMonitor *monitor, GConfClient *client) {

• GnomeVFSMimeApplication *star_app, *plain_app; GnomeVFSMimeActionType action; PRINT_STATE; if (!sync_changes)
  • return;
  star_app = gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application ("text/*"); plain_app = gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application ("text/plain");

  if (star_app == NULL || plain_app == NULL) {

  • if (star_app != NULL) {
    • gnome_vfs_mime_application_free (star_app);
    } if (plain_app != NULL) {
    • gnome_vfs_mime_application_free (plain_app);
    } return;
  }

  if (!strcmp (star_app->id, plain_app->id)) {

  • gnome_vfs_mime_application_free (star_app); gnome_vfs_mime_application_free (plain_app); return;
  }

#if DE_DEBUG

• g_message ("Synching text/plain to text/*...");

#endif

• action = gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action_type ("text/plain");

  gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_application ("text/*", plain_app->id); gnome_vfs_mime_application_free (plain_app); gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_action_type ("text/*", action); PRINT_STATE;

} }}}

(thats in gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-default-editor.c).

This causes 160 kb of memory in g-s-d. Ugh.