Hi all,

I am a new user.  When I run Inkscape on Windows Vista, it starts fast, then runs slower and slower.

If I open task manager and look at processes, I can see the Memory (Private Working Set) – and as I watch it just keeps increasing.  When I start Inkscape, it is using about 70 MB of ram.

I load the picture I am editing and it jumps up to 80 MB – still ok.  But as soon as I start editing the picture, the memory starts growing – often by 6 MB at a time, until it is using over 1 GB of ram.  At that point, I have to exit Inkscape and then either restart the computer or wait about 10-15 min before it actually exists (at least according to task manager.)

All the other programs I watch in task manager have the memory used grow and shrink as they perform various tasks.  Only Inkscape keeps growing and by such a large value.  And the higher the memory used, the longer it takes for things to happen.  Even if I do the same thing (move a group of lines, etc.)

Any idea of what setting I might change to fix this?

Just Me