Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-29 Thread jrp
On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 02:04:50 -0400, "Paul B. Gallagher" in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: >David E. Ross wrote: > >> I always use user.js to set preference variables to non-default >> values. That is because I can annotate each setting with a comment >> (// on the beginning of the line) to

Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-14 Thread EE
David E. Ross wrote: On 3/13/2019 11:04 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: David E. Ross wrote: I always use user.js to set preference variables to non-default values. That is because I can annotate each setting with a comment (// on the beginning of the line) to remind me why I have a non-default

Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-14 Thread David E. Ross
On 3/13/2019 11:04 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: > >> I always use user.js to set preference variables to non-default >> values. That is because I can annotate each setting with a comment >> (// on the beginning of the line) to remind me why I have a >> non-default value. >

Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-14 Thread jrp
On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:28:35 +, Dirk Fieldhouse <"Not Saying"> in mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote: >On 14/03/19 01:04, j...@comcast.com wrote: >> in OS win 7, 64bit.. >> will "user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", true);" achieve the desired >> effect of reducing memory usage if added to

Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-14 Thread Dirk Fieldhouse
On 14/03/19 01:04, j...@comcast.com wrote: > in OS win 7, 64bit.. > will "user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", true);" achieve the desired > effect of reducing memory usage if added to Seamonkey's prefs.js. >... No: because this setting was specific to Windows XP and you have Windows 7 and

Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-14 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
David E. Ross wrote: I always use user.js to set preference variables to non-default values. That is because I can annotate each setting with a comment (// on the beginning of the line) to remind me why I have a non-default value. OK, syntax question: Does a comment have to be on a separate

Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-13 Thread David E. Ross
On 3/13/2019 6:04 PM, j...@comcast.com wrote: > in OS win 7, 64bit.. > will "user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", true);" achieve the desired > effect of reducing memory usage if added to Seamonkey's prefs.js. > > how should the preference be added? should it be in user.js or prefs.js? > >

Re: saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-13 Thread Felix Miata
j...@comcast.com composed on 2019-03-13 21:04 (UTC-0400): > how should the preference be added? should it be in user.js or prefs.js? > Other than protocol, does it really make any difference which file it > would be added to? You should not write to prefs.js. You can read it. For user.js it's

saving memory with prefs.js entry

2019-03-13 Thread jrp
in OS win 7, 64bit.. will "user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", true);" achieve the desired effect of reducing memory usage if added to Seamonkey's prefs.js. how should the preference be added? should it be in user.js or prefs.js? Other than protocol, does it really make any difference