On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote: > > Jason Grout wrote: >> Recently, we've discussed what to do if there are too many java applets >> (e.g., 3d plots) on a page. For ubuntu 9.04, if I right-click on a 3d >> plot and choose About Jmol, it says that there is a maximum of 64MB >> available. By trial and error, I can get about 10 3d plots on a worksheet. >> >> What are the defaults for different systems? I don't think it depends >> on the browser. Can someone with OSX and someone with windows post what >> the limits are for those operating systems? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jason >> >> > > For reference, here are some instructions for increasing the limit, > kindly provided by Maple > (http://www.maplesoft.com/support/faqs/detail.aspx?sid=32748). In each > of these cases, we are just setting the java plugin to use 200M of > memory by specifying the startup parameter "-Xmx200M" > > Linux: type "ControlPanel" in the terminal, which runs the java control > panel. Go to "Java", then "View", then edit the Runtime Parameters to > include "-Xmx200M" to increase the limit to 200M > > Mac: Go to Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Plugin Settings and change > the Java Runtime Parameters to include "-Xmx200M" > > Windows: In the Control Panel, run "Java Plug-in". Go to the advanced > tab (or maybe the "Java" tab?). Modify the runtime parameters to > include "-Xmx200M" > > I just upped my memory limit to 200M and easily was able to handle 20 3d > plots in a worksheet (which still left 80M free, so it took 120M). >
Can you think of a good place to add this info to Sage? It would be cool, e.g., if when jmol couldn't load for memory reasons (can javascript detect this?) then the above message were displayed. The above would also be a good thing to add to the FAQ. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
