Eclipse Console limit

Posted by Mike Haller on Monday, March 30. 2009 at 23:10 in Eclipse
Over years, i extended Eclipse's System.out Console view limit manually to 1MB, so there's more of the log file output to read than just the default of 80kb, which is just too little for the usual clutter of enterprise application logging.

Today, a fellow developer showed me how to circumvent the limit. She pointed out that there's a checkbox to disable the limitation of the console. A neat little checkbox and I missed it for years.

My eyes probably just scanned over the preference dialog and did never recognize it. But see for yourself, it's right there and always has been:


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My name is Mike Haller and I'm a software developer and architect at Bosch Software Innovations in Germany. I love programming, playing games and reading books. I like good food, making photos and learning and mentoring about the craftsmanship of commercial software development. Stack Overflow profile for mhaller

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