[gentoo-portage-dev] OT: Screen bragging. Was: [PROPOSAL] Don't split user visible messages across multiple lines

[Duncan]

Brian Dolbec posted on Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:08:30 -0700 as excerpted:

>> > We could also increase the max. line length to something like 120 or
>> > 130.
>>
>> I think more people should chime in on that. I use vertical splits for
>> the screen when coding, and 120 characters is too long for me, but if
>> the preferred width ends up changing to 120 or 130 I can work with it.
>>
>>
> You need to get some large 4K monitors... love them :D I treated myself
> to two 28 inch ones during boxing week sales.
> My aging eyes love them :)  They are so much better than my old 24 inch
> 1080p monitors.  Those were getting tired/starting to loos clarity along
> with my eyes working at them all week long.  I now work with larger
> fonts which are still physically smaller than my old monitors, but
> sooooo much clearer.  My eyes don't get nearly so tired as they did with
> my other monitors.
>
> </bragging> ;)

Posting resistance failing...

Try a 65-inch 4K with a 48-inch 1080p (now the older monitor, often 
running youtube full-screen) off to the side. =:^)

(They're actually TVs used as monitors via the HDMI input, no actual TV 
hooked up.  Above about 32-inch, TVs tend to be cheaper than stand-alone 
monitors and of course they're the same 4K high or full-hd lower 
resolution these days.)

Six 1280x1080 working windows three wide by two stacked on the 65" 4k, 
still set for 96 dpi standard, FreeMono Bold 9.0 in my konsole windows, 
yields:

$ echo $COLUMNS x $LINES
179 x 78

And that's six of those on the 65" 4K, PLUS the full-screen 1080p youtube 
or whatever window on the 48". =:^)

This is the first time I can honestly say I have enough screen space that 
most of the time I'm not actively using it all. =:^)

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