Erwan David wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt > >> - Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a line > >> with a carriage return. > >> but 72 is a common value used by several established editors (like > >> (g)vim). > > > I wonder if there's a valid reason to e.g. use 78 characters instead. > > The pen friend using Alpin, does use braille. Perhaps the braille gear > > has got 78 elements. I'll ask him. > > IIRC you have to keep room for quotation characters, thus '> ' for one > level. > THen yu get to the historical 80 characters long line.
Which is why 72 is most commonly used. It allows for a few levels of quoting without overflowing the right marging of a standard sized terminal. Bob
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