On Apr 6, 8:41 pm, Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 2013-04-06, Neil Cerutti <ne...@norwich.edu> wrote: > > > On 2013-04-06, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > >> (*) There was a fad about 10 or 15 years ago to print code > >> samples in books in proportional fonts. Prentice-Hall seemed > >> to be particularly guilty of this. Fortunately, common sense > >> prevailed and everybody has gone back to monotype. > > > Bjarne Stroustrup likes it, and I agree with him that code is > > even easier to read that way, especially in hard-copy. > > I'd have to disagree. There are too many times when things are easier > to read/maintain by visually aligning columns: > > * struct/array initializers > > * constant definitions > > * parallel/identical operations on multiple different variables > > * vertical alignment of a parameter lists in multi-line function calls > > -- > Grant
I believe that it is at least possible to wish for the best of all worlds. http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/ (browser needs java) Pragmatically I continue to use emacs with a fixed-width font. Not claiming I am too happy with this choice. That includes a whole lot of stuff, not just fonts -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
