On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 10:35:33AM -0600, Elan Feingold wrote: > > Shouldn't we increase the default for the tile_cache_size? GIMP > > was shipped with the default of 10MB years ago. Memory is cheap > > nowadays and I guess we can expect the average user to have > > more RAM available. I'd suggest setting it to 32MB. > > Instead of guessing at fixed amounts, why not: > > - Detect how much memory the user has. > - Pick a reasonable default in terms of percentage (say, 50%). > - Let the user change this default, also in terms of percentage. > > That way, the default the Gimp ships with will work with all systems, and > also on a given system if the user dumps more memory in, the Gimp will > automagically have better performance. I agree that magic numbers are foolish to use, but I do think that the method for choosing a default should be carefully planned. Your system sounds good, but the entire issue merits some discussion and possible alternatives. Zach -- Zachary Beane xach@xxxxxxxx PGP mail welcome. http://www.xach.com/pgpkey.txt
