On Wed 30 Jun 2010 18:48 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote: > 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... Yeah I generally use 72 for emails.
