Re: systemfile: variable width

[Ben Pfaff]

"Wilson,Tom" <address@hidden> writes:

> SPSS 13 does not support value labels longer than 60 characters.  It
> does support string variables much longer than 255 characters.  It does
> NOT support variable labels longer than 255 characters.

String variables longer than 255 characters would require
considerable work, although the result might actually improve the
PSPP code a good deal.  I wouldn't consider it an item for 0.4.0.
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