[OS X TeX] Re: the console in TeXShop 2.20

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 04.02.2009 um 22:25 schrieb <epicurus at forallx.net>  
<epicurus at forallx.net>:

> That said, while testing it I made an observation: the text in the  
> console window, no matter how I resize the console horizontally or  
> vertically, always breaks at a certain number of characters (I  
> didn't bother to count).  I had never noticed this before.  Is it  
> normal?  All else equal I'd like to be able to eliminate this hard  
> break, or at least increase the number of characters at which it  
> occurs.

Yes, this is absolutely normal: it's controlled by a line in /usr/ 
local/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf:

	max_print_line = 79

It can be changed ...

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   Pete

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