OK I've got an SVN build (the latest, Inkscape20638-0902061623.7z), and am excited. For one thing, kudos on the native file open window in Windows, it is much quicker... though I will miss the customizable folder list on the left. But as for improved memory usage, it doesn't look that much better. R...

bbyak: oh great! Provided I don't have to build SVN I'd be glad to. Will this make it into 0.47? As it is spiro curves have me drooling to try the new version

One more detail: I use Chrome, whose total memory usage among it's processes is ~70MB. Inkscape tops this without even opening a document.

Windows XP, yes I have antivirus, and lots of utilities that take up memory. Of course I already closed all of it, even before I posted here . This is inkscape.

There's most definitely a memory leak (I am currently using the Windows 0.46 build) Inkscape regains almost no memory when I close an open document. After opening several documents then closing all but the first document I've been talking about in this thread, and inkscape has lost track of ~80MB of...

I am running Inkscape 0.46, the latest stable release.

By the way, PLEASE fix your backup feature during crashes. I know that APPARENTLY Inkscape tries to save backups when it crashes, but it seems entirely arbitrary where it puts them (especially between different OSes). Just put it on the desktop! Simple! And TELL the user that it's on the desktop!

I am an extremely loyal Inkscape user. I have been using Inkscape for years to create vector-based designs for just about everything I could possibly want to make art for. I love the ease of use, and I am totally on the SVG bandwagon. But I'm sorry. There are glaring problems with Inkscape that have...