On 2022-03-05 19:47:11 +1100, David Wales wrote:
> I'm not an expert in CSS, typography or even Zsh! However, I believe
> that limiting the text width to a certain maximum number of
> characters is best for readability. In fact, another page of the
> same typography website suggests that the maximum text width should
> be between 45-90 characters.[1]

That's up to the reader to decide the best text width he prefers,
e.g. by choosing a better width for the browser window or with
user-side CSS. Having more text on the screen also has an advantage
to avoid scrolling too often.

> I also included `overflow: auto` for the pre tag to ensure that any
> code blocks longer than the max-width would get scroll bars.

Artificially setting a maximum width so that code blocks get scrollbars
makes code more difficult to read.

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