From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 6143 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2020 15:44:49 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Nov 2020 15:44:49 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DC39E9D4B8; Sat, 7 Nov 2020 01:44:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B099D4B3; Sat, 7 Nov 2020 01:44:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A1BDB9D4B3; Sat, 7 Nov 2020 01:44:26 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1495 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2020 01:44:25 AEST Received: from elf.torek.net (unknown [50.212.202.245]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 727549D4B2 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2020 01:44:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from elf.torek.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elf.torek.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 0A6FJTZL034309 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 07:19:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from torek@elf.torek.net) Received: (from torek@localhost) by elf.torek.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 0A6FJOAx034308 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 07:19:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from torek) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 07:19:24 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Torek Message-Id: <202011061519.0A6FJOAx034308@elf.torek.net> To: tuhs@tuhs.org In-Reply-To: <20201106150609.GR26296@mcvoy.com> X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (elf.torek.net [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:19:30 -0800 (PST) for IP:'127.0.0.1' DOMAIN:'localhost' HELO:'elf.torek.net' FROM:'torek@elf.torek.net' RCPT:'' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (elf.torek.net [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:19:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [TUHS] The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" >> I think you're jumping to conclusions. The importance of 80 >> characters (for small values of 80) is that it's a comfortable text >> width for human eyes. >Exactly this. Yes -- this is the (or at least "an") argument for two-column text on wide (8.5x11 or A4, or larger) paper pages. >It's also why I'm fine with smaller screens, I tried the giant apple >displays and found that those required head movement along with eye >movement. >I'm lazy. I am too, but I still use a big screen: I just fit a lot of smaller windows in it. I'd like to have a literal wall screen, especially if I'm in an interior, windowless (as in physical glass windows) room, so that part of the wall could be a "window" showing a view "outside" (real time, or the ocean, or whatever) and other parts of the wall could be the text I'm working on/with, etc. (But I'll make do with these 27" 4k displays. :-) ) Chris