# Turning off packing in LKB-FOS

**URL:** <https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/turning-off-packing-in-lkb-fos/1093>\
**Category:** LKB\
**Created:** [January 9, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/turning-off-packing-in-lkb-fos/1093 "2025-01-09T01:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/turning-off-packing-in-lkb-fos/1093/1 "2025-01-09T01:09:17Z")

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We’re using the June 2024 build of the LKB for my class this quarter, and it appears that packing is on by default. This makes the parse chart confusing, and I’d like to know how to turn it off. I couldn’t quickly find anything in the menus that would do it. Does anyone know? Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/user_avatar/delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/olzama/32/6_2.png) [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/turning-off-packing-in-lkb-fos/1093/2 "2025-01-09T10:45:10Z")

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I think it’s:

`(setq *chart-packing-p* nil)`

in the terminal where the LKB-FOS is running.

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**Author:** ![ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/turning-off-packing-in-lkb-fos/1093/3 "2025-01-09T15:59:05Z")

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Perfect – thank you!

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**Author:** ![johnca](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@johnca](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/johnca)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/turning-off-packing-in-lkb-fos/1093/4 "2025-01-09T16:29:48Z")

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I’m working on improving how LKB-FOS shows chart packing (in both the LUI and LKB native graphics), but the best solution for now is indeed `(setq *chart-packing-p* nil)` for the parser and `(setq *gen-packing-p* nil)` for the generator.

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**Author:** ![ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/turning-off-packing-in-lkb-fos/1093/5 "2025-01-09T16:56:49Z")

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Thank you!