JAL-3503 2.11.2.0 release notes and docs

[jalview.git] / help / help / html / features / preferences.html

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@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
     <li>The <a href="#editing"><strong>&quot;Editing&quot;</strong>
         Preferences</a> tab contains settings affecting behaviour when editing alignments.
     </li>
+    <li>The <a href="#startup"><strong>&quot;Startup&quot;</strong>
+        Preferences</a> tab allows you to adjust how much memory is
+      allocated to Jalview when it is launched.
+    </li>
     <li>The <a href="../webServices/webServicesPrefs.html"><strong>&quot;Web
           Service&quot;</strong> Preferences</a> tab allows you to configure the <a
       href="http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/jabaws">JABAWS</a>
@@ -419,6 +423,17 @@
     loaded onto the alignment will automatically sort the alignment.
   </p>
   <p>&nbsp;</p>
+  <p>
+    <a name="startup"><strong>Startup</strong></a>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    When Jalview is launched it by default examines the available memory
+    and requests up to 90% to be allocated to the application, or 32G,
+    which ever is smaller. The <em>Startup</em> tab allows you to adjust
+    the maximum percentage and hard limits for Jalview memory allocation
+    stored in your .jalview_properties file.
+  </p>
+  <p>&nbsp;</p>
   <em>Web Services Preferences</em> - documentation for this tab is
   given in the
   <a href="../webServices/webServicesPrefs.html">Web Services