Add hard wrap limit option to console

[trancexpress]

Add hard wrap limit option to console

This change adds the following options to org.eclipse.debug.ui:

• Console.limitLongLines (boolean)
• Console.limitLongLinesWrap (boolean)
• Console.limitLongLinesLength (int)

When limitLongLines is set, long console lines will be trimmed or wrapped.
If limitLongLinesWrap is set, lines are wrapped. Otherwise lines are trimmed.
The length at which long lines are trimmed/wrapped is limitLongLinesLength.

The preferences apply to output before its appended to the
console document. In contrast, the existing console word wrapping is applied
after the output is appended to the console document.

Fixes: #2479

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Pull request overview

Adds a new “hard” long-line limiting feature for Eclipse consoles, allowing console output to be wrapped or truncated before it is appended to the console document (aimed at preventing UI freezes from extremely long lines).

Changes:

• Introduces long-line output modifiers (wrap/truncate) and hooks them into IOConsolePartitioner/IOConsole.
• Adds Debug UI preferences + preference page controls and propagates changes into ProcessConsole.
• Adds unit/integration tests for wrapping/truncation behavior and includes them in the automated test suite.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
debug/org.eclipse.ui.console/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/console/IOConsolePartitioner.java	Applies long-line wrapping/truncation to pending output before document append.
debug/org.eclipse.ui.console/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/console/IConsoleOutputModifier.java	New internal interface for chunk-based output modification.
debug/org.eclipse.ui.console/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/console/ConsoleOutputLineWrap.java	Implements chunk-aware hard wrapping at a fixed character limit.
debug/org.eclipse.ui.console/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/console/ConsoleOutputLineTruncate.java	Implements chunk-aware truncation with ellipsis at a fixed character limit.
debug/org.eclipse.ui.console/src/org/eclipse/ui/console/IOConsole.java	Exposes a new public API to configure long-line limiting.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/views/console/ProcessConsole.java	Wires Debug UI preferences into the console’s new line-limit API.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/preferences/IDebugPreferenceConstants.java	Adds new preference keys for long-line limiting.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/preferences/DebugPreferencesMessages.properties	Adds UI strings for the new preference controls.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/preferences/DebugPreferencesMessages.java	Adds NLS fields for the new UI strings.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/preferences/ConsolePreferencePage.java	Adds preference UI controls (enable, wrap vs truncate, length).
debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/DebugUIPreferenceInitializer.java	Provides default values for the new preferences.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.tests/src/org/eclipse/debug/tests/console/IOConsoleTests.java	Adds integration tests verifying line wrap/truncate in the IOConsole pipeline.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.tests/src/org/eclipse/debug/tests/console/ConsoleOutputLineWrapTest.java	Adds parameterized unit tests for wrapping logic across chunk boundaries.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.tests/src/org/eclipse/debug/tests/console/ConsoleOutputLineTruncateTest.java	Adds parameterized unit tests for truncation logic across chunk boundaries.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.tests/src/org/eclipse/debug/tests/AutomatedSuite.java	Registers the new unit tests in the automated suite.
debug/org.eclipse.debug.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF	Adds required JUnit params provider import for the new parameterized tests.

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[trancexpress]

From my POV the remaining issue here is:

• Add hard wrap limit option to console #2479 (comment)
• Add hard wrap limit option to console #2479 (comment)

Applying the console buffer limit asynchronously is something that is likely not noticed. But the trim/wrap added here not applying is noticed immediately: starting Eclipse, launch a program, expected wrap/trim is not seen.

Considering that the new preference applies to the input stream itself, not to the document in the console, maybe we should read the preference in org.eclipse.ui.internal.console.IOConsolePartitioner and not set it from org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.views.console.ProcessConsole.init() (which is called in parallel). But then why set any of the preferences in ProcessConsole.init().

So same as before, no idea what to do about this.