| Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? [message #58974 is a reply to message #58933] |
Fri, 29 February 2008 18:56   |
rkombiyil
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On Feb 28, 8:46 am, pgri...@gmail.com wrote:
> 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.
>
> For example, if I try to paste this into the xterm where
> IDL is running:
>
> 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 '
>
> 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
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