On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> Brian Dolbec posted on Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:08:30 -0700 as excerpted: > > >> > We could also increase the max. line length to something like > >> > 120 or 130. > >> > >> I think more people should chime in on that. I use vertical splits > >> for the screen when coding, and 120 characters is too long for me, > >> but if the preferred width ends up changing to 120 or 130 I can > >> work with it. > >> > >> > > You need to get some large 4K monitors... love them :D I treated > > myself to two 28 inch ones during boxing week sales. > > My aging eyes love them :) They are so much better than my old 24 > > inch 1080p monitors. Those were getting tired/starting to loos > > clarity along with my eyes working at them all week long. I now > > work with larger fonts which are still physically smaller than my > > old monitors, but sooooo much clearer. My eyes don't get nearly so > > tired as they did with my other monitors. > > > > </bragging> ;) > > Posting resistance failing... > > Try a 65-inch 4K with a 48-inch 1080p (now the older monitor, often > running youtube full-screen) off to the side. =:^) > > (They're actually TVs used as monitors via the HDMI input, no actual > TV hooked up. Above about 32-inch, TVs tend to be cheaper than > stand-alone monitors and of course they're the same 4K high or > full-hd lower resolution these days.) > > Six 1280x1080 working windows three wide by two stacked on the 65" > 4k, still set for 96 dpi standard, FreeMono Bold 9.0 in my konsole > windows, yields: > > $ echo $COLUMNS x $LINES > 179 x 78 > > And that's six of those on the 65" 4K, PLUS the full-screen 1080p > youtube or whatever window on the 48". =:^) > > This is the first time I can honestly say I have enough screen space > that most of the time I'm not actively using it all. =:^) > Yeah, I've seen lots of those types of setups. Just a few years ago when I was an A/C mechanic for my day job, I serviced A/C systems at numerous business's trading floors, where many stations ran 2 or 3 pc's mostly to house/power the video cards to drive 4,6, sometimes 8 monitors in a dual high setups, then numerous big screens overhead in various places around the floor... I don't think I could handle the large ones like you have, my eyes haven't got the focal range for that anymore. As it is, I recently had to pull my monitors closer about 8 inches because my eyes were getting too tired by the end of the week. They were just too close to the limits of my eyes and glasses. I do need to get a decent video card to drive these new 4K's, then maybe I'll think about re-connecting the old 24 inch 1080p's back up to the old card too ;) But if I really needed more screen space, I'd pick up 2 more of these 4k's, 2 video cards and spin them vertical ;) That could make for a great driving/flight simulator :D -- Brian Dolbec <dolsen>
