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Michael Olson | 1 Jul 03:38
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Re: janitor needed?

Stephen Leake <stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org> writes:

> Stefan Reichör <stefan <at> xsteve.at> writes:
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>> Hi Thien-Thi!
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>>>  - filling to 80-columns
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>> I don't like the 80-columns rule - but others might disagree here
>> ;-)
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> I prefer 120 columns. I have a big screen, longer lines are more
> readable, and encourage the use of longer, clearer names.

I strongly prefer 80 columns.  It's terminal-friendly, printer-friendly,
and allows me to fit two emacs frames side-by-side.

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Thierry Volpiatto | 1 Jul 07:13
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Re: janitor needed?

Hi all!
Michael Olson <mwolson <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Stephen Leake <stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org> writes:
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>> Stefan Reichör <stefan <at> xsteve.at> writes:
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>>> Hi Thien-Thi!
>>>
>>>>  - filling to 80-columns
>>>
>>> I don't like the 80-columns rule - but others might disagree here
>>> ;-)
>>
>> I prefer 120 columns. I have a big screen, longer lines are more
>> readable, and encourage the use of longer, clearer names.
>
> I strongly prefer 80 columns.  It's terminal-friendly, printer-friendly,
> and allows me to fit two emacs frames side-by-side.
The same, 80 columns is good for my laptop, even if i have a big screen
on my PC.
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Vincent Ladeuil | 1 Jul 08:50
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Re: janitor needed?

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Olson <mwolson <at> gnu.org> writes:

    Michael> Stephen Leake <stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org> writes:
    >> Stefan Reichör <stefan <at> xsteve.at> writes:
    >> 
    >>> Hi Thien-Thi!
    >>> 
    >>>> - filling to 80-columns
    >>> 
    >>> I don't like the 80-columns rule - but others might disagree here
    >>> ;-)
    >> 
    >> I prefer 120 columns. I have a big screen, longer lines are more
    >> readable, and encourage the use of longer, clearer names.

    Michael> I strongly prefer 80 columns.  It's terminal-friendly, printer-friendly,
    Michael> and allows me to fit two emacs frames side-by-side.

I strongly prefer it too even as a user :-)

My eyes (like many other's) works better on narrow columns, look
at any newspaper or google a bit. Longer lines are *less*
readable because the eye makes *more* errors when you search for
the beginning of the *next* line. That's the main reason why
newspapers use narrow columns.

And it allows me to fit *three* emacs frames side-by-side on a
24" screen.

Just now, my setup is 5 virtual screens, 3 of them displaying 3
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