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Is the QGIS cache directory automatically created?

This question is directly a result of a question posted earlier about the units of cache size: QGIS - what is cache size measured in I went to the Options menu in QGIS, to the Network tab. Here is ...
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What is cache size measured in?

Can anyone tell me what the units are for the Cache Size setting in QGIS please? Is it bytes, KB, Mb, MB? When I look in the directory specified by the path (/Users/.../.qgis/cache/) the cache ...
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Can you set a QGIS print composer to render the map as default?

I have set up a number of templates for the print composer in QGIS. In the Print Composer, there is the option to have the map image displayed in 3 ways: as a blank rectangle with no updates until ...
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How Can I Make QGIS Stop Blinking Every Time I Pan?

The way QGIS draws the canvas when panning is quite annoying. If I pan the map even a little bit everything goes blank for a second or two before the layers are drawn. It looks like this happens only ...
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Warning: QNetworkDiskCache::prepare() unable to open temporary file

When I run qgis 1.8.0 on Linux and load a WMS layer from a remote server I get messages (in terminal) saying Warning: QNetworkDiskCache::prepare() unable to open temporary file Downloading tiles ...