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Lister - Wrap text max. 256 chars?

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Hi all,
It seems the maximum value you can set for Wrap text in Lister is 256 chars. This has become inadequate for current widescreen displays.
Could this please be increased to at least 1024 or so?

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Re: Lister - Wrap text max. 256 chars?

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Hacker wrote: 2019-09-08, 21:59 UTCIt seems the maximum value you can set for Wrap text in Lister is 256 chars.
It is 512 not 256, but long line is wrap at 1020 when the option Wrap text is unchecked.
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Re: Lister - Wrap text max. 256 chars?

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It's:
* 256 for binary view;
* 512 for text view;
* 1024 for unwrap view, with option to change max length up to (unrecommended) 16384. 2048 is a safe limit, see:
https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=51215
https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=52665
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Re: Lister - Wrap text max. 256 chars?

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Ahh, thanks for the clarification, everyone.
Could the binary view and text view values be increased to, say, 1024, please?

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Re: Lister - Wrap text max. 256 chars?

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Christian,
Just a small bump. Could this limit be increased, please?

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Re: Lister - Wrap text max. 256 chars?

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I think all the listed limits may be set separately depending on screen size, font size and DPI, so they should be moved from [Lister] section to [1024x768 (10x20)] and other resolution-dependent sections.
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Try this (needs TC 9.21 or newer):
wincmd.ini

[Lister]
UnwrapWidth=1024
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It's misunderstanding. We are talking about the other modes: text view with wrap and binary view.
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Christian,
Indeed, like Usher says, this is about the wrapped views.

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Can't you just view such files in unwrapped view with UnwrapWidth=1024? It's wrapped the same way, just at this larger limit.
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Christian,
Well, in principle, yes, but then I wouldn't know which line breaks are real and which are added for wrapping (the purpose of unwrapped view to me is to see only real line breaks).

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Gentle bump.

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