On 1/8/2012 12:04 PM, Guenter Knauf wrote: > on the other side: I've asked me already often if we shouldnt increase the > maxchar/line; I > believe that would in many cases greatly increase readability ... > and honestly: who the heck does nowadays work on a 80-line terminal??
Frequently on unix and windows. I haven't yet committed the time to try working on a headless windows server 2008, however :) My text editor windows all default to 81 cols to avoid just this issue. > isn't that a relic inherited from stone-time? I would be fine with f.e. 110 > or 120 chars/line. Is a limit even appropriate anymore? On what basis? 132 chars is one standard that could be applied. Perhaps a precommit filter to avoid issues in the future?
