From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:17:15 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] 80 columns ... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <922d4a31-3c38-dcae-b6d2-e361d32cb24f@tnetconsulting.net> On 11/08/2017 01:52 PM, ron minnich wrote: > So, 80 column folks, I don't consider myself to be an 80 column person. - I default my XTerm windows to 132 x 50. (Rows matter less.) > would you find this > a(b, > c, > d) > > more readable than > a(b,c,d) I don't know if it plays into preferences or not, but I do find that having things on one line makes it significantly easier to programmability modify the line with a Regular Expression. Maybe I need to learn some more about RE's to make working across lines easier. > would you have code review software that automatically bounces out lines > that are 82 columns wide? How far does this go? My $EMPLOYER does have CR processes that complain about lines longer than 80 characters. > I do recall 80 column monitors, but I started on 132 column decwriter > IIs and hence have never had sympathy for 80 columns. It's weird that so Interesting. I wonder if that's where the 132 column (alternative) standard came from. I.e. XTerm's "Allow 80/132 Column Switching" option in the VT Options menu. -- Grant. . . . unix || die -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3717 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: