| Re: Optimum Paris Configuration Settings [message #100046 is a reply to message #100044] |
Sun, 17 August 2008 02:47   |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
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http://www.google.com/search?q=mac+text+edit+OS9&rls=com .microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&a mp;startPage=1
another few seconds at google. It's not that hard, really... but I don't own
a mac so I'm not doing the research for it to be honest :)
AA
"Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:C4CDA1AB.3C10%lendan@bigpond.net.au...
> But ....
> Textwrangler needs 10.4. To run..
>
> Martin H
>
>
> On 17/08/08 7:41 AM, in article 48a74b48$1@linux, "Aaron Allen"
> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>
>> a few seconds on google turned up this alternative, since BBE has been
>> dropped. Give it a try!
>>
>> http://www.barebones.com/products/bblite/index.shtml replaced with:
>>
>> http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/index.shtml
>>
>> http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/download.shtm l
>>
>>
>> AA
>>
>>
>> "Richard Faylor" <RichardFaylor@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:48a74825$1@linux...
>>>
>>> This is Richard with additional info: Just read this in the Paris
>>> manual:
>>> "Warning: Don't set the Disk Cache too high. If you set it higher than
>>> the
>>> available amount of memory in your computer, PARIS won't boot! (The .cfg
>>> file will most likely need to be replaced if you do this.)
>>>
>>> So perhaps this means that my real question is, "How do you replace the
>>> .cfg
>>> file?" There's nothing in the manual about it.
>>>
>>> I also have this old post that says, "If you are not able to open PARIS
>>> and
>>> need to change the Configuration settings to get Paris to work, use
>>> BBEdit
>>> Lite (available on the net for free) to open the PARIS.cfg file. Make a
>>> backup
>>> of the PARIS.cfg file before you open it. You can change all these
>>> settings
>>> in there, and they're clearly labeled and you don't have to start up
>>> PARIS
>>> to change the settings. Just keep the original text and change the
>>> numbers,
>>> save the file and start up PARIS." However, I can't find a free download
>>> of BBEdit Lite 4.6 on the Internet, perhaps because it's so old now. So
>>> another
>>> question: Does anyone have a copy of BBEdit Lite 4.6 that they could
>>> send
>>> me?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Richard Faylor" <RichardFaylor@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just stumbled upon this user group; had no idea it still existed.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I need some advice regarding configuration settings for running
>>> Paris
>>>> 3.0 (single card) on an Apple G4 Ethernet dual processor running OS
>>>> 9.2.
>>>> (And please forgive me for sounding ignorant because I am.)
>>>>
>>>> Lately, depending on the project, I've gotten memory warnings when
>>>> saving.
>>>> To work around it, I just cleared the Undo buffer within the project
>>>> and
>>>> kept working.
>>>>
>>>> Today I decided to try to optimize my settings. I referred to an old
>>>> user
>>>> group posting that recommended the following and made these changes.
>>>>
>>>> BEFORE AFTER
>>>> Disk I/O 64 128
>>>> Disk Cache 10 80*
>>>> Overview Cache 2048 4000
>>>> Manual Punch Short Long
>>>>
>>>> The Paris manual says that Minimum and Preferred Memory Settings for
>>>> Paris
>>>> be increased by 1200k for every MB that the Disk Cache is increased.
>>>> Since
>>>> I had increased the Disk Cache from 10 to 80MB (an increase of 70MB)
>>>> that
>>>> meant 1200k x 70 = 84000k. But rather than adding that to my previous
>>>> minimum
>>>> and preferred settings of 62998, I added it to the recommended minimum
>>>> and
>>>> preferred settings of 5098 and ended up at 89098 for both minimum and
>>>> preferred,
>>>> i.e.
>>>> BEFORE AFTER
>>>> Minimum 62988 89098
>>>> Preferred 62988 89098
>>>>
>>>> Now the bad news: After closing Paris and restarting, I can't get Paris
>>> to
>>>> open. Instead, I get a warning saying there's insufficient memory and
>>>> that
>>>> clearing the Undo buffer might help. Of course, because Paris doesn't
>>>> open
>>>> I can't unclear the Undo buffer. And because Paris isn't opening, I
>>>> can't
>>>> revert or tweak Paris' Disk I/O, Disk Cache, and Overview Cache
>>>> settings,
>>>> either.
>>>>
>>>> I tried enlarging the Minimum and Preferred settings-that didn't help.
>>>> I
>>>> tried setting my Mac's Memory Control Panel to its largest size
>>>> (32736k).
>>>> I restarted after each adjustment, but neither one helped. Paris still
>>> won't
>>>> open.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know what I should try next? Is there a way to get into the
>>> Paris
>>>> configuration settings when Paris is not opening?
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. (And please don't tell me I'm
>>>> an
>>>> idiot-I'm already fully aware of that.)
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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