Re: Maximal number of comments - problems and a request

["Morten Welinder" <mwelinder gmail com>]

> gnumeric-canvas.c:1285 #error We need a better solution to the rtl event
> kludge with SHEET_MAX_COLS so large.

Change that to #warning.  (Which it is in cvs HEAD.)

> My request is:
> Would it be possible (probably in Gnumeric 1.8, but not the 1.6 series)
> to have the maximal number of columns (and rows) simply limited by
> memory constraints (endianess)?

We could make it per-workbook settable given enough work.  There
would be some problem with the canvas widget and it's anyone's
guess whether the data structures would degenerate in practice.

> If this is possible, please tell me if you want me to file a bug request
> on this feature. If it isn't, can you explain why please?

There might be one, but everyone is well aware of this issue.

> One bug:
> When trying to add a column, Gnumeric doesn't give any warning that
> non-blank cells are about to be pushed off the edge of the sheet. Is
> this known, or should I open it in Bugzilla?

There already is a bug for that.

Morten