[Jalview-discuss] Problem with adjusting memory usage on MacOS version

[Paul Berube]

I'm having a problem adjusting the memory settings for Jalview.  I'm  
running Jalview 2.4 on MacOS 10.5.7 (installed using  
installAnywhere).  The program works fine except that I get a low  
memory error when trying to export to PNG or EPS files.  Neither the  
Jalview.app/Contents directory nor the Info.plist file were  
installed.  Am I missing something, or is there another file in the  
2.4 version that you need to change to adjust the memory settings?

Thanks,
Paul


For reference:  Instructions for changing memory settings with MacOS  
version....

The lines you need to change are in the Info.plist file inside the  
Jalview.app/Contents directory (which is where the installAnywhere  
installation was made) :
<key&ht;VMOptions</key&ht;
<array>
! <string>-Xms2M</string>
! <string>-Xmx64M</string>
</array>
Exchange the above two string tags for :
<string>-Xms500M</string>
<string>-Xmx1000M</string>


For you information, these are the directories and files that were  
installed in the Jalview directory:
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README_IA

Uninstall_Jalview
   Uninstall Jalview
   installvariables.properties
   InstallScript.iap_xml

LICENSE

output.txt

lib
   xml-apis.jar
   xercesImpl.jar
   vamsas-client.jar
   wsdl4j.jar
   saaj.jar
   regex.jar
   mail.jar
   log4j-1.2.8.jar
   Jmol-11.0.2.jar
   jhall.jar
   jaxrpc.jar
   commons-logging.jar
   commons-discovery.jar
   castor-1.1-cycle-xml.jar
   axis.jar
   activation.jar

jalview.jar

Jalview

building.html
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Paul M. Berube
Postdoctoral Associate
Chisholm Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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