On 29 May, Paul Stewart wrote in message <54662.1243577...@phawfaux.co.uk>:
> On Fri 29/05/09 00:12 , Rob Kendrick <r...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote: > > > And is another reason why people shouldn't keep !Scrap in a RAM disc, > > But isn't the whole idea of !Scrap, that all the files stored inside it > are temporary files? There's "temporary", and "temporary". Also, until someone (Adam Richardson, IIRC) came up with Cache, RISC OS didn't have defined "somewhere" to store "non-transient internal data that isn't choices". As such, Scrap seems to be the best compromise. > Therefore storing !Scrap in a RAMDisc would appear logical. Not really. Not least because it isn't inconceivable that something could try and store a lot of data in Scrap, use up all the available free RAM, and crash (or at least fail -- but I wonder how many RISC OS apps really /do/ check WimpScrap transfers for disc full errors?). -- Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
