Erik, my friend...buy a new computer to use an IDE?
can i place the order on dell.com and you pick up the tab? i know you're half kidding about this suggestion. To your point "But its basic mission is not to simply edit files. Its mission is to introduce some intelligence into a development environment, and I think it does a great job." It can't introduce intelligence to anything unless I am allowed to type it in first. It can't refactor code that isn't there. I don't wish to enter into a quasi-religious debate as we seem to agree that this is, or has the potential to become, an awesome product. But it *is* an editor first and foremost. :-) "Erik Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message aklvi4$gs1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:aklvi4$gs1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "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. > > In addition to all the Java overhead, my guess is that it's storing > information about all the classes, methods, variables, constants and files > associated with your project. (Which is something that less-intelligent IDEs > probably don't bother doing.) > > > > 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. > > But its basic mission is not to simply edit files. Its mission is to > introduce some intelligence into a development environment, and I think it > does a great job. > > Development for me is faster and more enjoyable because of IDEA. I agree > that it uses a lot of resources, and I used to have a lot of problems with > the speed. But my solution was to go out and buy a new computer. IDEA really > flies on a 1.8GHz processor with 1GB of RAM :) > > Though of course anything that the JetBrainiacs can do to increase the speed > and decrease the memory requirements will be much appreciated by all, I'm > sure... > > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
