The output of LaTeX's console/terminal window is wrapped. I do not know if this has to do with LaTeX or WinEdt. It is very annoying to have a line wrapped when there is plenty of space for it not to be. How do I stop the console output from wrapping when using WinEdt?
[Tex/LaTex] WinEdt console wrapping
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The option to keep the WinEdt Console hidden and to show it only during the compilation is "Pause / Do not hide the Window".
When it is selected, the Console is always visible. When it is unselected, it does what you want.
I think the correct configuration you are looking for is the one in the picture below:
First of all, to enable forward/inverse search between WinEdt and your DVI previewer, you must be sure that the compiler is generating source specials.
In WinEdt, take a look at the status bar and see if there is a panel containing --src. If not, click on that panel (see the image below) to enable source specials.
Regarding the DVI previewer, latest versions of dviout (DVI previewer bundled with TeX Live) automatically recognise WinEdt when you double-click on the dvi output (if dviout was launched by WinEdt).
If, instead, you are using Yap (DVI previewer bundled with MiKTeX) you might need to configure it to interact with WinEdt.
In Yap, go to "View" -> "Options" -> "Inverse DVI Search" panel and you should see that WinEdt is already auto-detected. Simply click on "WinEdt (auto-detected)" and then "OK".
Best Answer
There are three possible sources of wrapping
The editor display. WinEdt (as installed) uses the full width of the window to display the log, but that is not necessarily true of other editors. This may of course be altered in the GUI, but I doubt this is the problem here.
The source of messages. It's common to include hard wrapping in the text of LaTeX messages using
\MessageBreak. There is not so much you can do about this, although LaTeX3 messages are 'auto-wrapped' and so should not be as bad.Wrapping by the binaries. This is the most likely source of the wrapping described in the question. The wrap line length can be altered as described in Write to log without wrapping: the standard line length is 80 characters.