On 12/5/19, Andrew Stubbs <a...@codesourcery.com> wrote: > On 05/12/2019 16:17, Joseph Myers wrote: >> Longer lines mean less space for multiple terminal / editor windows >> side-by-side to look at different pieces of code. I don't think that's >> an >> improvement. > > Here's a data-point .... > > My 1920 pixel-wide screen, in the default font, allows 239 columns; not > enough for two 130-wide editors. Especially not with line numbers and > "gutter" columns. > > On the other hand, 80 columns does tend to cause some formatting > contortions, with long function names and deeper indentations. > > I think a nice round 100 would be a good compromise.
Here's mine: My 1280 pixel-wide screen allows 179 columns, which comes to 89.5 columns when divided by 2. I think rounding up to 90 columns would be a good compromise, although if that's too small, 100 is good as well. > > Andrew >
