On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 18:35:41 +0600 Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote:
> > * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015)
>
> Actually, I dislike that too, but the reason is simple: some people still
> using text-mode terminals.
>
> // It would be nice to finally fix that, but le
On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 14:22:38 +0200 Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote:
> Exactly, that was my intention.
>
> How about
>
> * indent with tab
> * tab == 4 spaces
> * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015)
Because of readability and ergonomics. The optimal page width is
about 67 c
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On 06/06/15 17:21, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> On 06/06/2015 08:22 AM, Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote:
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>> * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in
>> 2015)
>>
>
> It's ancient typographic wisdom that the optimal measure (number of
On 06/06/2015 08:22 AM, Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote:
>
> * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015)
>
It's ancient typographic wisdom that the optimal measure (number of
characters in column of text) is somewhere between 45 and 75. It varies
somewhat depending on the typefa
On 7 June 2015 at 00:22, Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote:
> * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015)
I wouldn't say this is the reason... but there's a specific benefit for me
at least with the font size I use and the screen size I have.
Means you can fit 2 terminals in ni
> * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015)
Actually, I dislike that too, but the reason is simple: some people still
using text-mode terminals.
// It would be nice to finally fix that, but let's be realistic: it looks like
it wouldn't be finished in the near 10 years :-
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On 06/06/15 14:07, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>> On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, Duncan wrote:
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>>> *If* we should agree on using tabs, then we should also
>>> standardise the tab width. Using the same rules for indenting
>>> and whitespace as for ebuilds (i.e
