diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/debug/Runner.java b/app/src/processing/app/debug/Runner.java
index 315e9221f..7700e7b41 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/debug/Runner.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/debug/Runner.java
@@ -388,28 +388,25 @@ public class Runner implements MessageConsumer {
       Process p = exc.process();
       //System.out.println(p);
       String[] errorStrings = PApplet.loadStrings(p.getErrorStream());
-      String[] inputStrings = PApplet.loadStrings(p.getInputStream());
+      /*String[] inputStrings =*/ PApplet.loadStrings(p.getInputStream());
       //System.out.println("error:");
       PApplet.println(errorStrings);
       //System.out.println("input:");
       //PApplet.println(inputStrings);
-
-      exc.printStackTrace();
-      System.err.println("Could not run the sketch (Target VM failed to initialize).");
-      System.err.println("Make sure that you haven't set the maximum available memory too high.");
-      System.err.println("For more information, read revisions.txt and Help -> Troubleshooting.");
-
-      //System.err.println("Target VM failed to initialize:");
-
-      //System.err.println("msg is " + exc.getMessage());
-      //exc.printStackTrace();
-      //throw new Error("Target VM failed to initialize: " +
-      //exc.getMessage());
-      //throw new Error(exc.getMessage());
-//      Process p = exc.process();
-//      String[] em = PApplet.loadStrings(p.getErrorStream());
-//      PApplet.println(em);
-      //throw new RunnerException(exc.getMessage());
+      
+      if (errorStrings != null && errorStrings.length > 1) {
+        if (errorStrings[0].indexOf("Invalid maximum heap size") != -1) {
+          Base.showWarning("Way Too High", 
+                           "Please lower the value for \u201Cmaximum available memory\u201D in the\n" + 
+                           "Preferences window. For more information, read Help \u2192 Troubleshooting.",
+                           exc);
+        }
+      } else {
+        exc.printStackTrace();
+        System.err.println("Could not run the sketch (Target VM failed to initialize).");
+        System.err.println("Make sure that you haven't set the maximum available memory too high.");
+        System.err.println("For more information, read revisions.txt and Help \u2192 Troubleshooting.");
+      }
       editor.error("Could not run the sketch.");
       return null;
     }
diff --git a/build/shared/revisions.txt b/build/shared/revisions.txt
index 008a7ba7a..4e0a23bda 100644
--- a/build/shared/revisions.txt
+++ b/build/shared/revisions.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ releases will be super crusty.
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
 
-ABOUT REV 0143 - 27 July 2008
+ABOUT REV 0143 - 28 July 2008
 
 Now using ECJ (the Eclipse Compiler for Java) instead of Javac. The
 Eclipse compiler is more easily pluggable in the more basic ways
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ that we'd like to use it. Also moving toward removing the requirement
 + "Target VM failed to initialize: VM initialization failed" now fixed.
   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=796
 
++ Added a proper error message for cases where "maximum available memory"
+  is set too high.
+
 + A handful of fixes for the build scripts, submitted by helpful users.
   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=851
   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=842
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 89755f021..f4f1c3bed 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ X   though prolly the converted version of the .ttf?
 X add a fix so that negative angle values won't hork up arc() command
 X add resize() method to PImage
 
+_ use gluErrorString() for glError() stuff
 
 _ incorporate changes from andres colubri into PGraphicsOpenGL
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 4d27ed7f4..d306b6187 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=831
 X   also need to handle "unexpected type" error in that example
 X "Target VM failed to initialize: VM initialization failed" when trying to run
 X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=796
+X add better error message for memory too high
 
 _ draw mode apps do not shut off the run button when finished