Thanks for the suggestions, I will try them all. I definitely saw
this take off when I started using Java & related plugins.
Previously with only the PHP, FLEX & SVN perspectives I was fine even
with automatic compile on.
I am wondering how to 'close' my unused perspectives. There are
really only 4 perspectives I need to access and quite possibly I may
have more open and not know it??? Also, in regards to the plugins,
is it worth 'disabling' the ones, I am not using in Help->Software
Updates-> 'Manage Configuration'? As an example, when I loaded
Hibernate Tools, it also loaded a bunch of JBoss stuff that I am not
using. Should I disable those? I assumed that they wouldn't be
affecting memory unless I was actually using them, but that may be a
poor assumption.
Thanks,
Kevin
On Apr 25, 2007, at 11:29 PM, Mike Morearty wrote:
Not sure if this will help, but one thing I did soon after I started
working with Eclipse was to set a limit on how many editors it kept
open at once. I didn't do any precise tests to see if this actually
helped reduce memory usage, but based on casual observation, it did
seem to.
To do this:
- Window > Preferences
- General, Editors
- Check "Close editors automatically"
Then set the other related options as you like -- the values I
chose are:
- Set "Number of opened editors before closing" to 15
- Under "When all editors are dirty or pinned," check "Open new
editor"
Mike Morearty, Flex Builder team
