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Andrew Savchenko posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:36:13 +0300 as excerpted: |
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> On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 18:35:41 +0600 Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote: |
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>> > * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015) |
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>> Actually, I dislike that too, but the reason is simple: some people |
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>> still using text-mode terminals. |
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>> // It would be nice to finally fix that, but let's be realistic: it |
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>> looks like it wouldn't be finished in the near 10 years :-/ |
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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 all the time, and with monitors |
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standardizing on 1920x1080 due to HDTV, well... my console mode is 320 |
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columns x 108 lines, now, and 80 chars... is just scrunched up on the |
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left quarter of the screen![1] |
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Of course there's split-screen too, tho I think many are like me and |
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simply startx and run terminal windows if they want split-screen, so |
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haven't bothered configuring it at the frame-buffer console, but again, |
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even that's 160 width, over 100 width if 3-way-vert-split, and still 80 |
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width at 4-way-vert-split, which is getting a bit ridiculous. |
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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. But 120 |
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char isn't too bad, and I expect most would find at least 100 char an |
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improvement over 80, which really begins to feel like the old 40-char |
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widths at some point. |
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[1] Of course, 320x108 chars /is/ with a 42-inch TV as a monitor, but |
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it's not exactly tiny print, either. I sit farther away from it than |
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many people sit from their monitor. But even half of that is 160 chars |
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width, which is what I used to use on my 21-inch. Wrapping at 120 chars |
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thus shouldn't be unreasonable at all. |
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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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