On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 04:50:55PM +0100, Georg Baum wrote: > Am Freitag, 12. Dezember 2003 12:41 schrieb Andre Poenitz: > > > > Would be nice if your comment lines would not exceed 72 char or so. > > You mean like this > > +/*! > + * Translates a LaTeX length into \param value, \param unit and > + * \param special parts suitable for a box inset. > + * The difference from translate_len() is that a box inset knows about > + * some special "units" that are stored in \param special. > + */ > > instead of > > +/*! > + * Translates a LaTeX length into \param value, \param unit and \param > special parts > + * suitable for a box inset. > + * The difference from translate_len() is that a box inset knows about some > special > + * "units" that are stored in \param special. > + */
Yes. > Is the reason better readability in mails or something else? Not just in mail. Most terminals have a finite length for lines and 80 is a fairly common value in that case. The recommendation for 72 is for mails as important stuff tends to get quoted and this adds another two characters per level... Andre'
