X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=help%2Fhelp%2Fhtml%2Fmemory.html;h=ec57530a42f937fdf5387179d64e7ca4573710ef;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fmerge%2FJAL-1988_JAL-3772%2BJAL-3416%2BJAL-4054%2BJAL-4064;hp=0374dcba23fb31286bb95fe8dbe09ecb3ce9b169;hpb=d5cd3ea16b732d2477df4209edc54333d1a369c0;p=jalview.git diff --git a/help/help/html/memory.html b/help/help/html/memory.html index 0374dcb..ec57530 100755 --- a/help/help/html/memory.html +++ b/help/help/html/memory.html @@ -30,9 +30,13 @@
When launched as an Application, Jalview will automatically configure the amount of memory allocated to the program to be 90% of - physical memory. You may wish to change this behaviour - - particularly if you are working on a machine that runs other memory - intensive processes. + physical memory, or 32GB - which ever is smaller.
++ This behaviour might not be ideal if you are working on a machine + that runs other memory intensive processes, and (since + Jalview 2.11.2) can be changed via the Startup Preferences panel. +
Signs that Jalview is Running out of Memory
If
Jalview has not explicitly told you that it has run out of memory,
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- jalview.jvmmempc=50In Windows and in macOS you can then launch Jalview by - double clicking on this file, and your memory setting will be used - instead of the default value.
- /PATH_TO_JALVIEW/Jalview /path/to/file/mymemorysetting.jvlIf you want to use a memory setting like this and open a - file you can use both the jvl and alignment files as command line - arguments, but you must put the jvl file first, e.g.
- /PATH_TO_JALVIEW/Jalview /path/to/file/mymemorysetting.jvl /path/to/alignments/myalignment.faAlternatively, you can use the standard Jalview command line + jalview.jvmmempc=50 In Windows and in macOS you can then launch + Jalview by double clicking on this file, and your memory setting + will be used instead of the default value.
+ /PATH_TO_JALVIEW/Jalview /path/to/file/mymemorysetting.jvlIf you + want to use a memory setting like this and open a file you can use + both the jvl and alignment files as command line arguments, but + you must put the jvl file first, e.g.
+ /PATH_TO_JALVIEW/Jalview /path/to/file/mymemorysetting.jvl /path/to/alignments/myalignment.fa+ Alternatively, you can use the standard Jalview command line arguments with or without the jvl file (first), e.g.
- /PATH_TO_JALVIEW/Jalview /path/to/file/mymemorysetting.jvl -open http://www.jalview.org/examples/jpred_msa.fasta -annotations http://www.jalview.org/examples/jpred_msa.seq.concise -colour ClustalYou can use command line arguments to control memory - settings in Windows and macOS too:
- \PATH_TO_JALVIEW\Jalview.exe %HOMEPATH%\mymemorysetting.jvl -open %HOMEPATH%\myalignment.faIn macOS you can use the macOS open command like this:
- open /Applications/Jalview.app --args ~/mymemorysetting.jvl -open ~/myalignment.fa(put all the Jalview arguments after the --args - parameter) -
+ \PATH_TO_JALVIEW\Jalview.exe %HOMEPATH%\mymemorysetting.jvl -open %HOMEPATH%\myalignment.fa+ In macOS you can use the macOS open command like this:
+ open /Applications/Jalview.app --args ~/mymemorysetting.jvl -open ~/myalignment.fa(put + all the Jalview arguments after the --args parameter) +
jalview.jvmmemmax = 32G