On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:48:59AM -0400, Will Coleda wrote: > The way you phrase the question, you're not going to get any of these > answers. Who is programming parrot on their *physical* VT100? =-). > The primary reason for an 80 column limit is developer convenience, I > think.
Well, that's fair. Many of us are old enough to have used such limited hardware, but it's all surely been relegated to the trashheap by now. So: Would anyone be inconvenienced by exceeding 80 columns regularly; and, how? > I don't think any of us will quit if you come back with a higher > number. Except maybe Jerry. =-) He'll threaten to quit until I change the pdd and .t files and then he'll start bugging people who write short lines. > P.S.: Seems only fair that if we're sticking with C89, we stick with > 1989 terminal sizes. =-) Some selectivity is in order, or we'll have to target 1989 memory sizes, disk capacities, and network bandwidth.... PS: Allison gets to specify the doc formatting, if she likes. Exceptions are technically trivial. See the bottom of the pdds for how a given file can override the default word wrap column. -- Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
