"Brian Lyles" <brianmlyles@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Linus > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 1:53 AM Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Nit: This line was modified to have " each" at the end. If you did that >> on the next line, then this diff could have been a touch smaller. > > [...] Is there a documented guideline to follow here, both in > terms of preferred wrap width as well as when it might be appropriate to > stray from it for reasons such as this? WRT line lengths, probably 80-ish columns is the (unwritten?) rule. The text files aren't really meant for end-user consumption (that's what the manpage and HTML formats are for), so I think it's OK if the line lengths are roughly in the same ballpark (no need to worry too much about exact lengths). When I contributed some patches to the docs last year, I was advised to minimize diffs where appropriate, to make it easier for reviewers. In this case it didn't matter too much (the patch being so small), but I thought it was still worth mentioning. /shrug
