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pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? [message #58933]

Wed, 27 February 2008 15:46

pgrigis
Messages: 436
Registered: September 2007

Senior Member

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

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[Message index]

		pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? By: pgrigis on Wed, 27 February 2008 15:46
		Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? By: rkombiyil on Fri, 29 February 2008 18:58
		Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? By: Anthony[1] on Sat, 01 March 2008 11:23
		Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? By: rkombiyil on Fri, 29 February 2008 18:56
		Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? By: pgrigis on Tue, 04 March 2008 07:33
		Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? By: Loren Anderson on Tue, 04 March 2008 07:06
		Re: pasting into IDL command line: limit at 1024 characters? By: Brian Larsen on Mon, 03 March 2008 11:00

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