>Message: 9 >Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:48:37 +0200 >From: Philipp ?berbacher <hollunder@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: [arch-general] Bashification of initscripts for moderate >speedup >To: arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Message-ID: <1277916464-sup-8123@eris> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Excerpts from Aaron Griffin's message of 2010-06-30 17:55:40 +0200: >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I have no idea where the number came from, but both 80 and 132 are >> >> standard column widths used for normal and wide terminals. >> > >> > should be 78 columns I do believe that's the standard for kernel/git >> > it allows for email comments more easily apparently. >> >> No, physical terminals went to 80 columns. The 78 number was likely >> related to editor chrome, such as line numbering... I'm not sure of >> the details. >> >> I believe email typically has 78 width due to the fact that "> " is >> expected for replies. > >I also read about 72, and it's my current setting for vim when editing >mails, but I have no idea where that comes from... I'm not sure if this helps or not. When i learned the fortran 77 standard, it utilized columns 7-72, anything in column 1 signified a comment, col 2-5 were reserved for labels, col 6 marked a continuation line, and columns 73-80 had significance I can't recall. The strict layout had historical significance related to punch-cards, which I believe ran 80 columns wide. The f90 standard I believe expanded the usable codespace to 132 columns, but I'm not sure exactly how that number became astandard. I think the punch-card thing might be where the 80 column value comes from though. I'm just not sure which is the chicken and which the egg. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4
