On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 12:46 AM Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2020-08-27 21:26, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: ... > I'm not a huge fan of adding *one* odd line breaking the 80 column > recommendation to any file. I like to be able to fit multiple > windows side by side in a meaningful way. Also, I don't like having > a shitload of emptiness on my screen, which is what happens when some > lines are longer and you want to see it all. I strongly believe that > the 80 column rule/recommendation is still as valid as it ever was. > It's just hard to read longish lines; there's a reason newspapers > columns are quite narrow... Why not to introduce 66 (or so, like TeX recommends)? Or even less? I consider any comparison to news or natural language text is silly. Programming language is different in many aspects, including helpful scripts and utilities to browse the source code. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
