Gavin Scott wrote:

> Scott writes:
> > From what I have read the consensus seems to be that :LISTF,2 output
> > should be unchanged in the case where large files are not involved.
>
> Sounds good to me.

me too.  listf,2 simply can't break - period.

> 1) What if :LISTF simply did not display large files?

in mulling this over - i've decided (big whoop-tee-doo :-) that thisis a good
way to go.  if listf(ile) encounters a 'too big' file - set
hpcierr (or is it cierror...or is it both...?).  if you're looking for
the listf(ile) to fail - then you're probably set up to deal with
the error.  if you're not looking for a failure - then may it's
best anyhow - but that's the $64K question, huh? :-)

i think having a whole new listfile option (what number
*are* we up to now...?) is the better way of handling
the whole problem rather than trying to retrofit listf(ile),2.
            - d
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