HelloIt’s extremally hard to use LS 8.5.1 editor when there is a lot of libs, classes and so on. Is it possible to improve performance? Any patches?
Subject: Probably need more information…
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I use the Eclipse LS editor on Agents that use 40-odd classes in Script Libraries and have no real issues, other than the fact the build system is generally wonky. It’s fast while it’s being wonky, though, and generally a “peformance” issue relates to speed.
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What LS editor are you using, “classic” or Eclipse?
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What OS are you using and how many bits is it? From what I’ve read here DDE doesn’t like 64-bit.
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Are you using a virtual machine?
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How much RAM do you have in your operating environment (host or VM)? If it’s over 2G this is likely a non-issue.
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What DDE version are you using?
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Are you doing local development or hitting a remote server? By remote I don’t mean on the same LAN segment on the next desk, or in the next office. I mean something out in the cloud. This is mind numbingly slow in R8.5.x compared to R<=7. I mean mind numbingly slow. It’s insane. But that slowness is not just LotusScript, it’s every single thing relating to DDE across the board, so if all you see if LS being slow this is not likely the issue.
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Something to try, regardless of the above, is to bump the JVM memory for DDE. Search this Forum and you’ll find it, because I did the same yesterday. DDE is orders of magnitude more responsive with a base of 256Bytes than the stunningly minuscule amount has by default. This even applies to the mind numbingly slow remote server access. Ah. Here it is:
IFF you are using R8.5.1+
Edit /framework/rcp/deploy/jvm.properties.
Change the following two lines:
vmarg.Xmx=-Xmx768m ← Max that DDE can use
vmarg.Xms=-Xms256m ← Base that DDE starts with
Hope this helps…
Subject: It doesnt help me. It’s crazy to work with 8.5 IDE on netbook with 1gb ram
Any operation (even ctrl+c) requiers recalculation. Recalculation stops any work for 4-7 seconds. So you can only type code. You can’t even copy/paste code!
By the way probably the problem is the number of libs. Ve have got a lot of libs (20+)
Does IBM tests there Eclipse IDE on netbooks? I’ve got DB that kills any work.
Subject: Netboooks have other issues…
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Their low-power design generally means performance was sacrificed; one does not get performance and efficiency at the same time.
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Their uber-low price generally means performance was further sacrificed; one does not get performance without cost. In particular, the SSD in most netbooks is so phenomenally slow that it defies description.
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I would recommend using a computer with more standard resources available. Anyone putting DDE on a netbook should expectinferior performance.
Hope this helps…
Subject: that’s very helpful - thanks
I have just about given up on DDE. I do all my development in R8, and only go over to DDE when I need to compile the libraries. Hopefully, your idea will speed that up - and maybe stop the freezing 
Subject: There’s a slowdown for correcting indentation…
if you’re in the mode that displays all the code at once, pasting things or otherwise correcting indentation can be very slow. Switch to display only a single library at once, and it will be faster. I’ve reported this as a bug.