Maybe your heap is too big. With a large heap, Java VMs typically fill it up before
considering garbage collection. The "thinking" you are associating with IDEA may be
Java throwing out the garbage.
If you have changed the heap size, try a smaller size. You could also consider
incremental garbage collection which results in slower overall speed but no lengthy
pauses.
If you know this stuff already, or haven't adjusted the heap then excuse me: just
trying to help.
Paul.
"Michael Morett"
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My machine is a Pentium II with 512MB memory running 1JDK .4._01 and W2K.
Let me try to rephrase my thoughts since I sense I might be misinterpreted.
With IDEA up and running, it should never pause when I start typing or
scrolling up and down the page. It really is that simple. That is my main
concern. I am not talking about pausing to perform an autocomplete of
syntax. I just dont know what IDEA is "thinking about" when I start typing.
I haven't asked it to do anything. I am just trying to type.
To make matters worse, it seems very responsive when I first load it, but
throughout the day, it gets progressively worse. This leads to slow delays
when I click on the various tabs (Structure, Project, Ant Build, Find,
etc.).
I'm getting killed on this forum with many people debating my notion of
"editor" vs. IDE. For all intents and purposes, I could fire up IDEA to cut
a memo. Not that I would, mind you, but the very act of typing causes
delays. I just dont see how this is possible.
This might be attributed to Swing. I am not placing blame on the
programmers at IntelliJ. I am just making an observation. And venting
frustration when I see a 3 second delay upon pressing the backspace key.
:-)
"Erik Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Michael Morett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Erik,
> >
> > my friend...buy a new computer to use an IDE?
>
> Yeah, I figured I was spending 80% of my day using IDEA, so I might as
well
> optimize my environment for it. There are some costs associated with
writing
> software, and one of them is having a fast machine.
>
>
> > can i place the order on dell.com and you pick up the tab?
>
> If you are developing software for money, then hopefully your company (or
> client or whatever) would want to buy you a fast machine to make you more
> productive. If you are developing software for fun, then it's obviously
> harder to justify buying new hardware. (But on the bright side, at least
you
> aren't making films as a hobby. That would be really expensive... :) If
you
> are developing software for fun, perhaps you need to make a choice between
> buying a new computer or reverting to an older EAP or the 2.6 release
> version. I certainly wouldn't want to go back now that I'm used to all the
> great recent features, but at least you'd be able to type...
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Well that's true. I guess if it's too slow to type anything, it's not
worth
> much. Luckilly, the beta cycle is nearing an end (supposedly), so we
should
> start seeing performance improvements soonish.
>
>
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