[bradm]

I’ve noticed that with enough documents open (particularly css files it seems), MyEclipse slows quite a bit in terms of responsiveness. (I can wait several seconds switching between documents.) I have a boatload of memory on this machine (2 gigs): should I give more memory to Eclipse? If so, do I do this by adjusting the values in the eclipse.ini file? What I see there now is:

-vmargs
-Xms40m
-Xmx128m

If this is the right thing to do, what values would you suggest I replace these with?

I am on xp sp2; eclipse 3.1.1; and the latest MyEclipse released on the 22nd of this month.

[Scott Anderson]

We recommend using:
eclipse.exe -vmargs -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:PermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M
With 2GB of RAM, you might want to use:
eclipse.exe -vmargs -Xms256m -Xmx767m -XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M

[bradm]

Thanks – do I put these arguments in the .ini file I mentioned?

[Riyad Kalla]

bradm,
Yes you can or put them on the command line. I believe since Eclipse 3.1 the preferred is to put them in the ini file, 1 argument per line.

[bradm]

Thank you both: putting Scott’s arguments in the .ini file made all the difference. Cheers!

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