Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!gopnbg!altger!doitcr!stasys!fkk From: fkk@stasys.sta.sub.org (Frank Kaefer) Newsgroups: comp.os.os9 Subject: Re: Umacs long lines Message-ID: <1142@stasys.sta.sub.org> Date: 3 Oct 90 13:49:56 GMT References: <111@blars.UUCP> Organization: Stasys UUCP Server, Starnberg (West Germany) Lines: 26 blarson@blars.UUCP writes: |In article rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) writes: |>uMacs |>Any lines we had that |>were more than 255 characters got a CR added at the end |>Is ther any way to define |>the maximum line length inder uMacs, or is it pretty much hard-coded |>in as a manifestation of the particular implementation? |Probably not without modifying the source and re-compiling. |Depends on how many (paying) users complain, and what you consider |"near". Microware does accept bug reports from users (via snail |Fortunatly, mg limits line length to 65535 characters (size is stored Why don't you use MicroEmacs 3.10 ? There is as far as I know absolutely no limit for the line length. I once loaded a file with about 200 KB in one line. Frank. -- | Frank Kaefer | fkk@stasys.sta.sub.org | Starnberg, West Germany | | (Compuserve: 72427,2101) | Internet: fkk@Germany.SUN.COM | | unido!sunde!fkaefer | postmaster@Germany.Sun.COM |