On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 08:52 -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > >>>>> "David" == David Mosberger-Tang <David.Mosberger@xxxxxxx> writes: > > David> On 10 Aug 2006 03:24:02 -0400, Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx> > David> wrote: > >> Some of the really complex code is unnecessarily hard to follow due > >> to this, so I give you my ack! > > David> Huh? Ever heard of the window resize button? 100 cols will be > David> just fine. IA-64 assembly code is one area where it really > David> helps to have more than 80 cols. Just my 2 cents, of course... > > It's all a matter of personal preference of course, but I don't like > resizing my windows depending on what files I am reading. Given that > CodingStyle calls for 80 columns I prefer to keep my windows at 80 > columns (just as I try to stick to the glibc style when I write glibc > code, as much as I dislike it). It is indeed a personal preference; for myself, I don't really care that much whether it's 80 or 100 (or 132, to _really_ date myself). The only reasons I had for the patch were (1) personal difficulty with 100-column windows on a laptop (some of us older folks need slightly larger fonts :), and (2) the recommendations in CodingStyle (independent of whether I agree with them or not). -- Ciao, al ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Stone Alter Ego: Open Source and Linux R&D Debian Developer Hewlett-Packard Company http://www.debian.org E-mail: ahs3@xxxxxxxxx ahs3@xxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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