From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4AC3C2F0.6000102@0x6a.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:43:28 -0500 From: Jack Norton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] acme without a heavy grid (SFW) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7a838bc0-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Jason Catena wrote: > A quick edit frees acme from its "heavy grid prison", a la Tufte. > https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/502901/acmenogrid.jpg > > Jason Catena > > How about no grid whatsoever (while you're at it)? There is plenty of contrast there to forego any kind of hard devisions. However, I end up with the same conclusion: why? Is the 'grid' that distracting? Also, if you have two text files open side-by-side, and your lines are long enough to wrap, you would have a glob of incomprehensible text in the middle. I think at least a moderately thick grid is a necessary evil. -jack