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Andrew Savchenko posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:33:55 +0300 as excerpted: |
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> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 04:40:47 +0000 (UTC) Duncan wrote: |
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>> Andrew Savchenko posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:36:13 +0300 as |
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>> excerpted: |
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>> > It will never be finished, because console-based workflow is the most |
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>> > efficient way to work for many people, especially for advanced |
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>> > users/devs. |
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>> Well, yes, but vgacon is rather dated, now. More folks are using high |
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>> resolution framebuffer console mode |
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>> So console-based workflow isn't so much of an excuse for 80-char lines, |
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>> these days. Of course lines can be /too/ long. There's a reason |
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>> newspapers and the like use multi-column printing, after all. |
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> You missed my point completely. 80 chars limit comes not from the |
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> console width, but from the text readability[1]. |
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[The subthread already says OT, allowing those who wish to killfile it, |
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so...] |
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1) While that point was made (by you or someone else) elsewhere, it |
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wasn't made in this subthread. The point you made here was console-based |
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workflow, as quoted above, and that's what I addressed, arguing that even |
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if was valid at some point, it's no longer the factor it once was. |
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2) Actually, I didn't miss the text readability point "completely", |
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either. Thus the "Of course lines can be /too/ long" bit, specifically |
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mentioning multi-column newspaper printing, etc. You quoted it, but |
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apparently didn't read it? |
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So differences, if any, appear to be only in degree, tho I'm already on |
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record as saying it's bikeshedding either way. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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