The Virtual memory
menu entry allows you to decide how
Calamus should use virtual memory (see Concepts
). When you
click on the menu entry, the following dialog box will appear:
Normally when using a hard disk there is no need these days to
switch virtual memory on, but if you work with large documents and
have sufficient free space on a (fast) hard drive then you can also
switch virtual memory on. If you do, your document size will no longer
be limited to the free RAM in your computer. Calamus sets up virtual
memory on the hard drive in a series of folders, and we recommend that
you first set up a top level
folder named VIRTUAL or similar,
into which Calamus can generate these sub-folders.
The second pair of buttons tell Calamus what to do with the
folders when you quit. If you click on Disabled
, Calamus will
erase both folders and their contents from the hard drive. If you
click on Only cleared
, Calamus will erase the files from the
folders, but the empty folders will remain, so that Calamus will not
have to recreate the folders the next time it runs. This can save a
lot of time, especially with older operating systems.
