Please describe the problem:
Actually gnumeric is limited to 256 columns. The columns above "IV" are cut off. :-(

** (gnumeric-1.9.6:13332): WARNING **: Ignoring column information beyond the
range we can handle.

There is an old patch(2008-04-30). 
( Created an attachment (id=110164) Bug 168875 – Wishlist : increase/set the max number of rows )

This patch does not work anymore and leads to compile errors (see outputs)
For which version the patch was written for?

The latest statements are quite a long time ago. 
Are there any new possibilities / patches to increase the number of columns up
to 1024? 

When I look at the source code of the patch the solution for this bug looks more difficult then it seems to be!?!?


COMPILE ERRORS of GNUMERIC VERSIONS with "ROW/COLUMN-EXTENSION-PATCH"

./.libs/libspreadsheet.so: undefined reference to `dialog_new_sheet'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [gnumeric] Fehler 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.3/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.3/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.3/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.3'
make: *** [all] Fehler 2
localhost gnumeric-1.8.3 #     

     ./.libs/libspreadsheet.so: undefined reference to `dialog_new_sheet'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [gnumeric] Fehler 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.4/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.4/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.4/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.8.4'
make: *** [all] Fehler 2
localhost gnumeric-1.8.4 #            
       
-c -o libspreadsheet_la-dependent.lo `test -f 'dependent.c' || echo './'`dependent.c
dependent.c: In Funktion »gnm_dep_container_dump«:
dependent.c:2823: Fehler: »sheet« nicht deklariert (erste Benutzung in dieser Funktion)
dependent.c:2823: Fehler: (Jeder nicht deklarierte Bezeichner wird nur einmal aufgeführt
dependent.c:2823: Fehler: für jede Funktion in der er auftritt.)
make[4]: *** [libspreadsheet_la-dependent.lo] Fehler 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.2/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.2/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.2/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.2'
make: *** [all] Fehler 2
localhost gnumeric-1.9.2 #                                  

-c -o libspreadsheet_la-item-cursor.lo `test -f 'item-cursor.c' || echo './'`item-cursor.c
item-cursor.c: In Funktion »cb_move_cursor«:
item-cursor.c:1090: Fehler: »sheet« nicht deklariert (erste Benutzung in dieser Funktion)
item-cursor.c:1090: Fehler: (Jeder nicht deklarierte Bezeichner wird nur einmal aufgeführt
item-cursor.c:1090: Fehler: für jede Funktion in der er auftritt.)
make[4]: *** [libspreadsheet_la-item-cursor.lo] Fehler 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.5/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.5/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.5/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/test/gnumeric-1.9.5'
make: *** [all] Fehler 2
localhost gnumeric-1.9.5          

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Does this happen every time?
YES

Other information:
This bug refers to "Bug 168875 – Wishlist : increase/set the max number of rows"