I found that adding -Xminf=0 -Xmaxf=5 removes GREAT deal of sudden stops by forcing GC to work constantly. You probably will not even notice it (it like winamp playing in background).
Well, usual YMMV applies :) Andrey "Morett, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I've got -Xms128m -Xmx200m and it barely helps. I would agree it is getting > more sluggish. I'd like to know what the heck it is storing in its 128M > that I see in the lower right hand corner. Worse, 99% of the time, I am > just *editing* files. Even here, it pauses sometimes inexplicably, for long > periods of time. My files are never more than 20k a piece, if that. And I > only keep 5-8 open at any given time. > > This is a beatiful product, but it is approaching a point where it's got so > many features that its basic mission--to simply edit files--is getting > harder and harder to do. Add in the "caret offset by one character due to > tabs" and editing some files is nearly impossible. > > For my IDE to require more memory than Weblogic is sad. Still, I have hope > that they recognize this and will tackle the issue. > > > "Ionut Dogarel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > Do you remember Billy saying that 64 ko is more than > > enough? 128 megs.. just for a java editor. I know it > > is smart, it does a lot, but even though... > > > > Thanks for your tip, I'll try it. > > Ionut > > > > > > --- Aziz Sharif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Once I got Idea really slow (this is when I have 3 > > > different projects > > > source paths setup - which made it a really big > > > project) I have to > > > tweak the -Xms and -Xmx JVM_ARGS parameters, > > > the new line I have for JVM_ARGS is as follows: > > > SET JVM_ARGS=-Xms128m -Xmx256m > > > -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true > > > -Didea.system.path="%IDEA_HOME%\system" > > > -Djdk.home="%JAVA_HOME%" > > > Now its back to being fast. > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > Aziz Sharif > > > > > > --- Ionut Dogarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am using Idea 642. > > > > Actually trying to use it cause it's hard to say I > > > am > > > > using it. > > > > > > > > This is the second time I am pointing out that > > > Idea is > > > > getting more and more sluggish. To the point is > > > > unusable. I have been waiting now for more than 5 > > > > minutes waiting for Idea to do something I don't > > > know. > > > > I was in the middle of browsing the project tree > > > in > > > > the project window. > > > > > > > > Can we have a panel in configuration where we can > > > > disable some time/resource consuming features we > > > don't > > > > use? When adding a new feature, just make sure you > > > add > > > > a disable checkbox on that panel. And a short > > > > explanation saying the grade of resource > > > utilization > > > > and what that feature is good for. > > > > > > > > Hope it helps, > > > > Ionut > > > > > > > > PS: I've just killed it. > > > > It's annoying. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Ionut Dogarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I feel that Idea is getting more and more > > > sluggish > > > > > every new version. I suppose this is a result of > > > too > > > > > many features... Is there a way you can switch > > > > > on/off > > > > > some very CPU/resource-consuming features you > > > don't > > > > > really use? > > > > > I'm working on a quite large project and it is > > > > > annoyingly sluggish sometimes... > > > > > > > > > > Ionut > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > > > > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Eap-features mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Eap-features mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Eap-features mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
