rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) (09/18/90)
I was just using uMacs today to help out a friend of mine (IBM user), who was trying to download files into his HP48 calculator. None of his text editors deal with text in the "raw" manner in which uMacs deals (i.e. you see and can edit everything -- ctrl codes and all), so the obvious choice to do what we wanted to do was to use uMacs. Unfortunately, the only quirk we ran into was the "long line" limitiation. Any lines we had that were more than 255 characters got a CR added at the end, which we didn't want but uMacs insisted upon putting there. 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? If this can't be user-defined, do you suppose uWare will fix this 'bug' in the near future? Much thanks, Russell Hoffman rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu
blarson@blars.UUCP (09/30/90)
In article <EaxL68600WB3QVCUtm@andrew.cmu.edu> 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. > If this can't be >user-defined, do you suppose uWare will fix this 'bug' in the near future? Depends on how many (paying) users complain, and what you consider "near". Microware does accept bug reports from users (via snail mail), but if you don't pay big bucks for their "hot-line" support, don't expect much in the way of hand-holding. A few months of "hot-line" support may have been included with your osk licence. Fortunatly, mg limits line length to 65535 characters (size is stored in unsigned short) and of course you can change this and recompile if needed. Mg 2a is available from comp.sources.misc archives and via ftp from snow.white.toronto.edu, snow.white also has some improvements and bug-fixes that you can apply. [late breaking update: a couple of changes are needed to compile mg on osk 2.3 -- microware broke some things.] (This is a test post from my osk system.) -- blarson@usc.edu C news and rn for os9/68k! -- Bob Larson (blars) blarson@usc.edu usc!blarson Hiding differences does not make them go away. Accepting differences makes them unimportant.
fkk@stasys.sta.sub.org (Frank Kaefer) (10/03/90)
blarson@blars.UUCP writes: |In article <EaxL68600WB3QVCUtm@andrew.cmu.edu> 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 |
rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) (10/04/90)
Frank Kaefer writes: > why not use MicroEmaces 3.10 ... Please enlighten us. Where do we get MicroEmacs 3.10? Is it part of the TOP package?
fkk@stasys.sta.sub.org (Frank Kaefer) (10/06/90)
rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) writes: |Frank Kaefer writes: |> why not use MicroEmaces 3.10 ... |Please enlighten us. Where do we get MicroEmacs 3.10? Is it part of the |TOP package? Yes, it should come with the top package. The source is also available on many ftp sites. Cheers, 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 |
krischan@truth.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Christian Engel) (10/06/90)
In article <Yb2noua00Vp680i319@andrew.cmu.edu> rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) writes: >Frank Kaefer writes: > >> why not use MicroEmaces 3.10 ... > >Please enlighten us. Where do we get MicroEmacs 3.10? Is it part of the >TOP package? YES, IT IS!!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- krischan@informatik.rwth-aachen.de *** mcvax!unido!rwthinf!strange!krischan Christian Engel, Lehrstuhl fuer Informatik I, RWTH Aachen Ahornstr. 55, D-5100 Aachen, W. Germany