On Sat 17 Feb 2018 at 21:25:46 (-0500), Ben wrote: > On 2/17/2018 8:43 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: > >Hi Ben, > > > >But then he is just writing a named file to the SSD, with the same > >(non) issues, so this is not any different, > > > >Using Frescobaldi is not a danger to SSD's or other life forms (as > >far as we know...). > > > >Andrew > > Well no, if he saves the default directory preferences in > Frescobaldi to a non-SSD drive (i.e. a secondary drive) it's fine is > what I meant. > I attached screenshots showing the setting but I guess if he only > has *one *drive in the system, then sure. Why not :) I guess so! > > Either way, it's certainly a non-issue as far as SSD lifespan goes > imo. I agree.
If they're that worried, and they have a new machine, it likely has plenty of RAM, so just create a RAM Disk to mount whatever filesystem Fresc~ puts its temporary files on. That does make one wonder where the swap file/partition is, should that ever be brought into play… Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
