From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: akosela@andykosela.com (Andy Kosela) Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 00:24:38 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] 80 columns ... In-Reply-To: <48dd3f48-3567-f959-f42a-855ed5914010@kilonet.net> References: <922d4a31-3c38-dcae-b6d2-e361d32cb24f@tnetconsulting.net> <225f0698-403a-88ff-3056-fca5df83a2db@kilonet.net> <48dd3f48-3567-f959-f42a-855ed5914010@kilonet.net> Message-ID: On Thursday, November 9, 2017, Arthur Krewat wrote: > > > On 11/8/2017 6:07 PM, Andy Kosela wrote: > >> For me changing 80 columns and/or 8 character Tab is like trying to >> change the value of Pi. I consider those the holy rules you just don't >> change. >> >> But I am probably in minority group these days as I still use a lot of >> old school 80 columns VT terminals -- vt220 and vt320 are my personal >> favorites. >> >> > xterms killed that requirement for me a long time ago. > I still use 80 columns on my xterms. Like Larry said, most things in Unix still looks perfect on 80 columns display, plus it's easier to read -- less eye movements from left to right. If you think about it, regular books have a similar format. It has been scientifically proven that very long lines are just harder and slower to read. --Andy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: