William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > 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? >
I think we should stick with the 80 chars/line for email and multiple terminals in parallel. Regards Rüdiger
