Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:06:48 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Increase the line length limit from 80 to 100 colums |
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On 02/03/2012 12:57 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > > I always use 80-cols, everywhere. Not because I particularly like it - > I find it a bit too small. I use it because it is the standard, and > using it helps me see where and how badly we violate the standard. >
Width matters to me more for printing than it does on the screen. 80-column text can be printed on a landscape piece of paper two columns wide without being too hard to read (e.g. enscript -2r). I haven't tried that with 96 columns, but more than that would almost certainly be illegible.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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