--- OLD/xc/programs/Xserver/mi/miwideline.c	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ NEW/xc/programs/Xserver/mi/miwideline.c	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#define MAX_SPANS 64
 /* $TOG: miwideline.c /main/60 1998/03/07 17:40:23 kaleb $ */
 /*
 
@@ -87,16 +88,20 @@
     XID		oldPixel;
     int		xorg;
     Spans	spanRec;
+ int nspan;
+ int spanx;
 
     left_height = 0;
     right_height = 0;
     
     if (!spanData)
     {
-    	pptInit = (DDXPointPtr) ALLOCATE_LOCAL (overall_height * sizeof(*ppt));
+      nspan = MAX_SPANS;
+      if (nspan > overall_height) nspan = overall_height;
+    	pptInit = (DDXPointPtr) ALLOCATE_LOCAL (nspan * sizeof(*ppt));
     	if (!pptInit)
 	    return;
-    	pwidthInit = (int *) ALLOCATE_LOCAL (overall_height * sizeof(*pwidth));
+    	pwidthInit = (int *) ALLOCATE_LOCAL (nspan * sizeof(*pwidth));
     	if (!pwidthInit)
     	{
 	    DEALLOCATE_LOCAL (pptInit);
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@
     }
     else
     {
+      nspan = overall_height;
 	spanRec.points = (DDXPointPtr) xalloc (overall_height * sizeof (*ppt));
 	if (!spanRec.points)
 	    return;
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@
 	ppt = spanRec.points;
 	pwidth = spanRec.widths;
     }
+ spanx = 0;
 
     xorg = 0;
     if (pGC->miTranslate)
@@ -149,10 +156,14 @@
 	{
 	    if (right_x >= left_x)
 	    {
-		ppt->y = y;
-		ppt->x = left_x + xorg;
-		ppt++;
-		*pwidth++ = right_x - left_x + 1;
+	      if (spanx >= nspan)
+	       { (*pGC->ops->FillSpans) (pDrawable, pGC, spanx, pptInit, pwidthInit, TRUE);
+		 spanx = 0;
+	       }
+	      ppt[spanx].y = y;
+	      ppt[spanx].x = left_x + xorg;
+	      pwidth[spanx] = right_x - left_x + 1;
+	      spanx ++;
 	    }
     	    y++;
     	
@@ -163,7 +174,9 @@
     }
     if (!spanData)
     {
-    	(*pGC->ops->FillSpans) (pDrawable, pGC, ppt - pptInit, pptInit, pwidthInit, TRUE);
+      if (spanx > 0)
+       { (*pGC->ops->FillSpans) (pDrawable, pGC, spanx, pptInit, pwidthInit, TRUE);
+       }
     	DEALLOCATE_LOCAL (pwidthInit);
     	DEALLOCATE_LOCAL (pptInit);
     	if (pixel != oldPixel)