| Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? [message #58973 is a reply to message #58933] |
Fri, 29 February 2008 18:58   |
rkombiyil
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Registered: March 2006
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On Mar 1, 11:56 am, metachronist <rkombi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 8:46 am, pgri...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> Hi folks,
>
>> has anybody noticed that there seem to be
>> a maximum limit of about 1024 characters that you
>> can copy into IDL's command line?
>> I can copy more characters in any other xterm
>> window I happen to have open, but if IDL is
>> running, it doesn't like more than 1024 characters
>> to be pasted into it.
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>> For example, if I try to paste this into the xterm where
>> IDL is running:
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>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> a='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> b='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
>> c='dummy string that is 64 bytes long counting the line break '
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>> it stops around the first c=, which is about 1024 bytes worth of data.
>> Any idea how I can increase the maximum paste size?
>> I am running IDL on an xterm on Mac OS 10.4.11,
>> but I remember a similar problem on Linux systems.
>> There is no problem pasting the test lines above inot other xterm
>> windows.
>
>> Cheers,
>> Paolo
>
> Sorry, I don't know if I am being helpful or not. Are you talking
> about scrollback option in xterm? If so, you can set that by the
> savelines option in your .Xdefaults file.
> Hth,
> /rk
This might be helpful? Not sure..
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-18.html
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