How do I stop the C# compiler output from wrapping in the Visual Studio 2015 output window?

Question

When I build my C# code in Visual Studio 2015 using the default compiler (nothing unusual about the project), I get output in the output window that looks a bit like this. (The actual width isn't representative, as I've replaced the rather long path with XXX .)

1>XXX(402,13,402,16): error CS1955: Non-invocable member 'Lo 1>g' cannot be used like a method. 1>XXX(424,25,424,28): error CS1955: Non-invocable member 'Lo 1>g' cannot be used like a method.

Presumably the compiler is printing Non-invocable member 'Log' cannot be used like a method , and something, somewhere, is stepping in and popping newlines in (at column 120 in practice - as mentioned, column counts in my example output are unrepresentative).

Can I stop this? If so, how?

I'd much prefer the messages to be printed out with newlines in natural places, so I can use the output window's word wrap functionality.

Answer 1

After you open the Package Manager Console, build output starts to become wrapped as above.

The fix appears to be to restart Visual Studio.

Answer 2

Wow, I almost gave up finding someone asking this question. I can confirm the behavior described and restarting VS fixes it. Thanks!